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JoAnn R. L. Miller

West Lafayette, Indiana

Age 65

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JoAnn R. L. Miller, 65JoAnn R. L. Miller, 65, of West Lafayette, died on December 25, after a 9 month battle with primary peritoneal cancer. She lived a very full life, and was brave to the very end, surrounded by family. She touched the lives of many people, and will be missed sorely. She was an...

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All of us at the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority mourn the loss of Dr. Miller. She was a true champion for our most vulnerable neighbors. She was the rate academic who was not afraid of the hard and messy work of solving social problems. She was my friend, my mentor and my peer. My heart goes out to Scott and her family. In her honor, we will continue the work to make homelessness rare, short in duration and non reoccurring. Rest in peace my friend. You will forever be...

Her spirit will live on in the many lives that she touched. Rest in peace, JoAnn.

My condolences to the family and friends of Joann RL Miller...I am a GLMA member and Art League member and saw her at many art events...

As a graduate student at Purdue I never had JoAnn as an instructor. Instead, I had her as a mentor and a friend. She supported me emotionally in some of my darkest hours (like the judge's chambers at my divorce hearing, and she made me laugh. Boy did we laugh together. We shared similar taste in fashion - once showing up to a team-teaching situation wearing the long and short versions of the same dress (hers was short). JoAnn encouraged me to pursue my passions - she was not in the...

Jo Ann will be missed. Wonderful women. Beautiful heart.

Scott, I am so sorry for your loss. When I lived in WL, near Battleground, I sometimes received phone calls meant for your JoAnn. I was pleased to be able to redirect them to her, and flattered by the mistaken identity. May you and your family find peace in the days ahead.

Howie and I are so very sorry for your loss. The sparkle in your eyes when you were together or when you talked about each other was love itself. The tone in your voices when you said each other's names also had a special lilt of love. It was palpable, and we will always see her when we see you. Love, Kathy snd Howie

Joann was an exceptional and extraordinary woman,
educator and community advocate. She was often at the
Museum of Art with Scott and they supported both the art
and artists in Greater Lafayette. Hers was a life well lived
and her spirit inspired us.

I was fortunate to have Dr Miller as a professor as a Sociology student at Purdue and later to work with her as a colleague. She was an amazing professor and a wonderful person. I am so saddened by her passing. Deepest sympathies to all of her family and friends!