Vickie Lynn Miller, 73, of Grinnell, Iowa, passed away peacefully at home on September 10, 2026, after a short struggle with brain cancer and went home to be with her Savior.

A funeral service will be held 10:30 AM, Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at the Grinnell Christian Church. A luncheon will be held at the Calvary Baptist Church in Grinnell immediately following the service. Interment will follow the luncheon at Chester Cemetery north of Grinnell.

Family will greet friends during the visitation held from 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM on Monday, September 21, 2026 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Grinnell.

Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Francis Manor Foundation (to benefit the Vickie Miller Nurse's Scholarship) or to the Calvary Baptist Church Youth Ministries and mailed in care of the Smith Funeral Home and Crematory, PO Box 368, Grinnell, IA 50112.

Vickie was born in Winnebago, Minnesota, to Richard and Donna Eddy. Vickie loved living on the farm in Albion as a child until her family moved to their home in Marshalltown when Vickie was in fifth grade. She was the oldest of seven—five sisters and one brother, whom she loved dearly. Vickie graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1970 and went on to graduate with a degree in education from Maranatha Baptist University. She taught third and fourth grade in Anderson, Indiana, for four years until she met her husband, Norm, while visiting home in Marshalltown. Norm and Vickie were married on June 17, 1978. Vickie taught for four more years at CICA. Norm and Vickie had three children, Andy, Valerie, and Jillene. Vickie homeschooled while also working, and when the children were still quite young, she enrolled in the nursing program at Marshalltown Community College. After graduating, she accepted a job at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell, where she loved and served residents, families, and co-workers for 34 years.

In 1992, Norm started construction on their forever home on an acreage north of Grinnell. It was a year of many fond memories for the whole family. Norm built a beautiful house that Vickie made a home through her love and care for her family and countless others.

Vickie loved working with her hands. She had large vegetable gardens, and she was also skilled at canning and preserving. She loved planting flowers around the family home. She loved to sew, bake, read, work on puzzles, play table games, and make her beautiful homemade cards. Hospitality was one of the clearest ways Vickie showed her love. She faithfully cared for her family through her love of cooking and baking. Family meals were a priority, even as the kids got older. She was constantly cooking for other people. She often took a meal to someone in need and brought a dessert to showers, family get gatherings, and her co-workers at St. Francis. She also had a constant stream of friends, families, and special speakers from church over for lunch on Sundays. She was also known for the family tradition of air-popped popcorn and excessively large portions of dessert. She loved to feed people, and in her last days, meals around the table were a special blessing to the whole family.

Vickie loved her family deeply. She loved attending family functions, bridal showers, baby showers, and holidays. And if she couldn’t make it, she sent a card or a gift. Working full-time, homeschooling, and being faithful to her church was not an easy task, but she always approached it with joy, encouragement, and a smile on her face. She was wonderful mother. Homeschooling meant special extended time with her kids during their growing-up years. She loved teaching them, reading classic stories at bedtime, playing with them, and showing them responsibility by putting them to work in the garden. She supported them in all their interests, driving them to countless practices and games. She and Norm faithfully attended all of the kids’ sports, plays, and special events. Vickie was proud of each of her kids and they never doubted her love and support for them.

She was also a wonderful grandmother, always loving all eight grandchildren. She always made space to spend special time with them. She patiently let them help her cook and bake. She read to them, played games, did special crafts, and taught them to sew and make cards. The grandkids often commented, “Grandma is always teaching me new stuff.”

Vickie loved her husband faithfully. She was Norm’s best friend, his number one encourager, and faithful helper. She was by his side for every endeavor, helping with work projects and house projects, or packing lunches and treats whenever they went somewhere. They enjoyed numerous trips together over the years—fishing trips, Branson trips, cruises, and local events like the State Fair and Old Threshers Reunion, or simply visiting the grandkids. Whenever there was something to do, Norm and Vickie did it together.

Vickie was a faithful pillar of Calvary Baptist Church. She joyfully taught Sunday school and worked in the nursery. She loved working in Awana Clubs and Vacation Bible School. She was always helping with hospitality and special events. If there was something happening at church, Vickie probably had her hands in it. Not only did she serve, but she treated everyone with kindness and was a faithful friend to many. Vickie was also enjoyed being a nurse. She did her job with loving kindness. She treated everyone as if they were her own family. She genuinely loved the people she interacted with, whether it was a co-worker, a resident, or the families she worked with during care conferences, which was one of her favorite parts of her job. She treated everyone with dignity, kindness, and respect. She was also known for making great coffee and bringing the staff pumpkin bars every fall.

Above everything else in Vickie’s life was her relationship with Jesus Christ. Her kindness, strength, humility, joy and sacrificial love flowed from her faith in Him. When she was young, she understood that she needed a Savior and that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived a perfect life, and died in her place for her sins, rising again three days later.

Her faith was not simply something she spoke about; it shaped the way she lived. She served, worked, loved, gave, taught, encouraged, and cared for others with humility and gratitude for all that God had done for her.

We miss her more than words can express, but we do not grieve without hope. Vickie’s family is thankful for the assurance that she is now forever with the Savior she loved and faithfully served throughout her life.

Vickie is survived by her husband of 48 years, Norm Miller; her three children, Andy Miller (Casey) of Ankeny, and their children Gideon, Sawyer, and Sadie. Valerie Minor (Alex) of Teddington, UK, and Jillene Blunk (Jason) of Ankeny and their children Gunnar, Jordyn, Jett, Rylie, and Trey; and her mother, Donna Eddy of Marshalltown. She was preceded in death by her father, Richard Eddy. She is also survived by her six siblings Mark, Laurie, Nancy, Elaine, Elizabeth, and Sarah.