Jeanette Eileen Miller

Jeanette "Jan" Eileen Miller, of Coupeville, Washington, passed into eternity on May 6, 2023. She was born March 14, 1942, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Jan loved the Pacific Northwest and often said she wouldn't live anywhere else. She raised 7 children in Loon Lake, Oregon, and spent thirteen years living in a logging camp on Admiralty Island in Alaska. In 1999, she moved to Whidbey Island, WA, where she remained for the rest of her life. Living on Whidbey Island gave her the opportunity to be closer to her siblings, whom she loved dearly. Wherever she was living, you could find her volunteering her time at the local school and church. She always found ways to support and give back to every community she lived in.

Jan had an unwavering faith in God and loved her family with abandon. She will be remembered for her immense compassion and kindness, her generous spirit, and the deep pleasure she found in the simple things. She loved Christmas, music that touched her soul, sunsets, basketball, growing flowers, her chickens, coffee loaded with cream, scary movies, fighter jets, and Disneyland. She will be greatly missed, but her profound legacy of grace and beauty will never be forgotten. She was our fulcrum, and we are all better people for having her in our lives.

Jan was preceded in death by her parents, Ethelyn and Herald Leise, and sister, Marilyn Coleman. She is survived by her husband, Alfred Miller; her children, James Miller (wife, Diana Miller), Sheryl Rountree (husband, Doug Rountree), Scott Miller (wife, Shannon Miller), Rebecca Miller, Laura Miller, Jessica Derksen (husband, Stan Derksen), and Michael Miller; grandchildren, Abigail Miller, Jeanette Miller, Jeremiah Miller (wife, Halee Miller), Kessandra Miller, Sarah Rountree, Christopher Rountree, Elizabeth Miller, Jerusalem Miller, Julia Derksen and Emma Derksen; great grandchildren, Zephaniah Miller, Charlotte Miller, and a third great grandchild on the way; sister, Lois Simundson; and brothers, Fred Leise, Larry Burton, and Jerry Burton.

A celebration of her life will be held at Hillside Evangelical Free Church: 874 Plantation Dr., Greenbank, WA, on Saturday May 20, at 1:00 p.m. We are asking attendees to wear something in any shade of purple in honor of our mom's favorite color.