Eva Lisk Miller

MILLER, EVA Eva Lisk Miller, age 89, of Waco died Thursday, October 11, 2001 at a Temple hospital. Services will be 2:00 PM Friday, October 12th at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with Dr. Milton Cunningham officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Arrangements are under the direction of Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey, 6101 Bosque Blvd. Mrs. Miller was born in Beatrice, NE, the eldest daughter of Hugh Wilson and Wynona Martha Dunn Lisk. Her early growing-up years were spent in Manhattan, KS and Danbury, WS, with one sister, LuElla. She earned her first degree in Home Economics Education from Kansas State University and later a Masters degree in Foods and Nutrition there. Two years at the University of Chicago and at Texas Women’s University in Denton, TX, extended her Nutrition specialization. She has taught in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Texas. For eight and a half years she taught at Oklahoma State University where she met her late husband, Lynn T. Miller. They were married on November 28, 1946, and moved to Biloxi, Mississippi. After Mr. Miller retired as a Commander in the U.S. Navy, the couple moved to Waco where he accepted a civil service assignment in the Air Training Command. Eva Miller joined Baylor University in 1955 as chair and full professor of the Home Economics Department. During the latter years of her tenure at Baylor, she was the guiding force in promoting the building of the Mary Gibbs Jones Home Economics Building. After 25 years, she retired in 1980 with her husband to their cattle ranch west of Waco. Their joint hobby was raising Limosine cattle and showing horses. In 1985 they built a new home off Highway 6. She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews in Kansas and Oklahoma, a host of grateful Baylor Home Economics Alumni whom she mentored, and many friends. Memorials may be made to a favorite charity. WILKIRSON-HATCH-BAILEY