Mary “Pat” Darling Miller, 86, of Goshen, Ind., died March 2, 2024, at Goshen Hospital.

She was born Dec. 4, 1937, in Gibson City, Ill., to Earl H. and Catherine L. (Ingold) Knox.

A 1955 graduate of Fisher High School, she received her nursing degree from Goshen College School of Nursing in 1959.

On March 24, 1962, she married Wayne E. Darling, of Elkhart County, Ind., in Fisher, Ill. He died Aug. 28, 2010. She later married D. Richard Miller on June 30, 2012.

He survives, along with her daughters, Melinda Darling of Holyoke, Mass., and Michele (Terry Golob) Darling of Boston; four stepchildren, Daniel (Nadine) Miller and Philip (Jean) Miller, both of Goshen, David (Lori) Miller of Wichita, Kan., and Christine M. Miller of Fort Wayne, Ind.; four step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; a sister, Amanda Osborn of Sebring, Fla., and a sister-in-law, Marta Knox of Paxton, Ill.

Along with her parents and first husband, Wayne, she was preceded in death by a brother, Earl H. Knox Jr.

A lifelong healthcare worker, she worked in the office of Dr. M.H. Kesim for 21 years. She continued working at Bristol Street Pediatrics until her retirement in 1998.

A former member of First Baptist Church of Elkhart, Mary was active at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship, Goshen.