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Miller -- Carol Jean Cone Miller, a former resident of New Mexico, died in Newcastle, Wyoming, August 3, 2000."Jean" was born on Jan 1, 1945 in Moscow, ID, to Swanie and Marie (Brest) Kuoppala. The family moved to Grants, NM in 1958, and Jean graduated from Grants High School in 1963. She married Robert F. Cone and had three children, Kerry Mark, Caline Marie, and Christopher Sean. Jean returned to school and pursued a career as a professional geologist in her early 30s. She graduated from the University of New Mexico with a BS in Geology in 1980 and worked for Phillips Petroleum, and later Frontier Petroleum Services, before moving to the Black Hills area of South Dakota to work for Golden Reward Mining Company. There she met and married Paul A. Miller, and joined him in a geologic consulting firm, Bald Mountain Mining Company, in 1989. Jean always enjoyed working with community activities, either through her church or with local chambers of commerce and hospitals. She and Paul also supported various young people's activities through their company. Jean's greatest joy in life, however, was her family. Jean was an energetic, outgoing, and loving person, and she will be greatly missed. She is survived by her husband, Paul A. Miller, of Newcastle, WY; her children, Kerry Mark and wife, Amy, of Belle Vue, IA, Christopher Sean and wife, Roya, of Albuquerque, and John Paul Miller of Lead, SD, and Caline Marie and husband, John Cochran, of Albuquerque; various aunts and uncles including Sigurd Kuoppala and wife, Grace, of Albuquerque, Henry Kuoppala of Las Cruces, Gunnard Kuoppala and wife, Betty, of Butte, MT, Eino Kuoppala and wife, Margaret, of Palmer, AK, Wayne Kuoppala of Joplin, MO, John Brest and wife, Wilma, of Akron, CO, Bernice Boyle and husband, Herb, of Palmer, AK, and John Niemi and wife, Betty, of Buffalo, SD; plus numerous cousins including Judy Towell and husband, Frank, of Palmer, AK, Alan Kuoppala and wife, Terri, of Butte, MT, Marcia Gilbert and husband, Allen, of Sisters, OR, and Debra Niemi of Spearfish, SD. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, August 19, 2000 at 10:00 am at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Weston County Memorial Hospital, 1124 Washington, Newcastle, WY, 82701, whose loving staff made Jean's last days as comfortable and pleasant as possible.
        Published on: Sun August 13, 2000