COLUMBUS, Ohio • Mae “Mazie” Miller Phalen, born Dec. 7, 1927 (Pearl Harbor Day), died Nov. 8, 2019, at The Bickford of Bexley. She was preceded in death by parents, John and Annie Miller; brothers: Henry, Earl, Karl, Charles (Lee); and sisters, Katherine and Miriam. She is survived by a sister, Janet Mucher; daughter, Theresa; granddaughter, Jennifer; great-granddaughter, Abagail; former son-in-law, Brice Westfall; many nieces and nephews. Mae leaves many truly caring and loving friends. Special thanks and sincere appreciation to Sharon Bolin. Mazie was a 1945 graduate of Millersburg (Pa.) High School and later moved to Colorado, Texas and Missouri. Mae settled in Columbus in 1958 and spent more than 35 years as a dental receptionist, office manager and member of the Columbus Dental Association. After retiring from dentistry in 1992, she was employed by Winston Wilson Jewelers in the Westin Great Southern Hotel and truly enjoyed going to work with great people. Best of all, she will be remembered as the luncheon giver and dinner party hostess. A true Patriot and never a kinder gentler Christian spirit and soul ever graced this earth. Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, (Veterans Day) at 3:30 p.m. at Chapel of Forest Lawn Cemetery 5600 E. Broad St. Entombment followed. Arrangements by Evans Funeral Home, 4171 E. Livingston Ave., evansfuneralhome.net
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