Dolores Miller

June 23, 1933 - February 8, 2022

Dolores Miller, 88, of Merriam, Kansas died February 8, 2022 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born in June of 1933 to Yetta and Emil Barsky in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended Central High School and graduated with the class of 1951, then attend Kansas City Junior College the following year and later the Kansas City Art Institute. She met Steve Miller, a musician from New York who had just joined the Kansas City Philharmonic and they were married in 1953. She had two sons and raised them at their new home in Overland Park. She began a study of Philosophy at KU, and received her PhD in 1985. She then taught philosophy at UMKC and Johnson County Junior College for several years. Dolores loved nature; her pet dogs, the birds that crowded her feeders, mushroom hunting, and especially was fond of gardening. She was a member of the “Diversifier”s poetry group and wrote beautiful poetry. Dolores is survived by her children: Edward and his wife Karen, David and his wife Esther; her grandchildren: Georgia, Sarah, and Bracha; her great-grandchildren: Natan and Avigail; sisters: Rosalie Fein and Judy Corson and brother, Bernie Barsky, all who will greatly miss her sweet presence. Her memorial will be held Thursday February 10 at 12:30pm graveside at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Raytown, Mo. To join by zoom please email [email protected] for the zoom link and passcode.