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Show l 1 I I -.-( - .. . ' A &X " . f ! ( L , , Mrs. Marie Clark Miller, artist, art-ist, writer, dramatist, for whom services were held Short illness fatal to Marie C Miller Marie Clark Miller, well-known well-known artist, long-time resident resi-dent of Glendale, Calif., and a native of Springville died Friday Fri-day afternoon March 30, at a California hospital following a brief illness and surgery, according ac-cording to word received here by relatives. Funeral services and burial -'ere conducted Monday in California Cal-ifornia at the Little Church of the Heather, Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Miller has two - paintings, paint-ings, Feline Siesta and Glorious Daisies hanging in the current art exhibit and has been a consistent con-sistent exhibitor and ardent supporter of the Springville art movement. She was born in Springville June 27, 1892, daughter of James M. and Drucilla Clark. In 1917 she married Henry W. Miller, then of St. George. She attended the public schools of Springville and Brigham Young Universi t y where she was graduated as an (Continuedon Page 2 Col. 3.) Short illness fatal to Marie Miller (Continued from Page One) art major in 1911. Later she studied in Chicago and New York City, everywhere distinguishing disting-uishing herself 'in her studies, particularly in her watercolor painting. She began part-time teaching of art in the public schools when she was fifteen, received her first blue ribbon for a .water-color when she was sixteen. Her teaching experience exper-ience included high school and college. For more than fifty years Mrs. Miller has consistently received prizes and awards for her work, exhibiting annually in many art centers including New York City, Washington, D. C, and Springville. Hen extremely ex-tremely versatile career included in-cluded dramatic art in which field she excelled in her one-woman one-woman theater productions from a repertoire of one hundred hun-dred plays. She also was an accomplished pianist, and has published three books of verse. Although ill, she had carried on her many interests through the last month, taking part in a tree planting ceremony on Arbor Day; winning first and third prizes for watercolors in the March art exhibit at Grif- iary in which she was Americanism Ameri-canism chairman. Surviving, besides her husband, hus-band, are one son, Captain James E. Miller of the US Army and two grandchildren; a sister, Helene Clark, Seattle Wash.; three brothers; Emmett K. Clark, Nanuet, New York; Horace W. Clark, Springville; and Monroe H. Clark, Provo. mn ra.ru ana presenting a program on Drama Day, Mar. 21, at the Schubert Club in Los Angeles. She was also making plans for the patriotic essay contest for Juniors of the American Legion Auxil- |