Priscilla Sue Ann (Miller) Byler, 87, died Feb. 23, 2025, in Goshen, Ind. She was born Dec. 18, 1937, in Shipshewana, Ind., to Irwin and Mildred (Yoder) Miller.
She graduated from Shipshewana High School in 1955. She completed a one-year secretarial program at Goshen College in 1956 and held several secretarial jobs during her life. In 1962 she graduated from Ontario Mennonite Bible Institute. She then served a year of voluntary service in Indianapolis, in the home of Nellie and Cleo Mann, pastor at First Mennonite Church. In Indianapolis she met Ezra Byler, who was also doing voluntary service as part of the 1-W program. They were married in 1963.
Her children were born in 1968 (James Jay), 1970 (Jennifer Dawn) and 1975 (Janine Renee). She was a full-time homemaker for 22 years. She was known for her hospitality, cooking and volunteer work.
She was part of a group of women who started a fair-trade store in Bloomington, Ill., called Crossroads, which marketed goods made by international artisans to help them provide for their families. After moving to Goshen in 2005, she volunteered for many years at a similar store, Ten Thousand Villages.
She was a longtime member at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship in Goshen.
Surviving are three children, Jay (Inge) Kaufmann of Berlin, Germany, Jennifer Youngberg of Goshen and Janine (Jason) Byler of Kalamazoo, Mich.; eight grandchildren; and three siblings, Betty (Vernon) Roth of Cambridge, Ont., James Lee Miller of Shipshewana and Joann Buerge of Indianapolis.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Jan. 7, 2003, in Normal, Ill.; four siblings and their spouses, Ernest (Ruth) Miller, Waneta (Payson) Miller, Richard (Lois) Miller and Kenneth (Bertha) Miller; brother-in-law Dennis Buerge and sister-in-law Barbara Miller.