Cleo Rosemary Miller, 78, a long-time resident of the Fargo-Moorhead area, died on October 5th at her home at The Waters Senior Living in Minneapolis, Minnesota surrounded by family and friends.

Born October 17, 1938 in Page, North Dakota, Cleo moved to Moorhead after graduating high school and started her career in the administration department at Moorhead Senior High School. Cleo spent much of her career as a travel agent at Four Seasons Travel and then at AAA Travel. She enjoyed working with people and also taking ocean cruises with her husband Richard “Dick” Miller. Cleo married Dick on September 13, 1958 and enjoyed over 50 years of marriage. Cleo and Dick raised two boys, Martin and Christopher, and enjoyed supporting their passions in music and hockey.

Cleo had a special bond with her sisters and brothers. Many fun nights were spent with her brothers, Bill, Kenny, and Randy on the lanai at her home in Moorhead. Cleo enjoyed the spontaneity of never knowing when they would arrive or when they would leave! Her time with her sister Beatha “Bea” was always cherished. Her special love with Bea was shown through trips to Duluth to see family, fishing, playing cards or just being together and laughing for hours.

Cleo was an award winning doll maker and always enjoyed a good game of cards or playing bingo with friends. Cleo also enjoyed a house full of family and friends, she and Dick were always ready to feed the consistent flow of neighbors and their sons’ friends. Later in life, Cleo’s passion was spending time with her grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband Dick; parents, Rudolph “Buster” Burros and Doris Burros; siblings, Bill Burros, Beatha Bieber, Kenny Burros, and Betty Jean Burros; step-siblings, Kevin Korsgaden and Johnny Korsgaden.

source: adapted from obituary at Wright Funeral Home