Madelaine Hemingway Miller, 90, a sister of the late Nobel Prize novelist Ernest Hemingway, typed portions of his famous novel, "A Farewell to Arms." She was a musician and formerly played the harp with the Memphis Symphony.
A native of Oak Park and a former resident of Riverside, she died Jan. 14 at her home in Petoskey, Mich., where she had retired.
Mrs. Miller, who was called "Sunny" by her family after a face on a box of cereal, grew up in Oak Park. In 1974, she dedicated a plaque in front of their birthplace home at 339 N. Oak Park Ave. That residence is now a museum.
In 1975, she wrote a series of reminiscences of her brother, "Ernie: Hemingway's Sister Sunny Remembers." She spoke of struggling to type "A Farewell to Arms" as fast as her brother could write it.
"She was Ernest's ardent protector," Redd Griffin, a founding director of the Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, said, describing Mrs. Miller as "a person who had an absolute love affair with life-cheerful, high energy, extremely alert and alive, and deeply religious."
Mrs. Miller trained as a nurse's aide at West Suburban Hospital and later worked in a dentist's office. She performed with the Memphis Symphony while living in that city.
Survivors include: another sister, Carol Gardner; a son, Ernest Hemingway Mainland; a grandson; and a great-granddaughter.
A native of Oak Park and a former resident of Riverside, she died Jan. 14 at her home in Petoskey, Mich., where she had retired.
Mrs. Miller, who was called "Sunny" by her family after a face on a box of cereal, grew up in Oak Park. In 1974, she dedicated a plaque in front of their birthplace home at 339 N. Oak Park Ave. That residence is now a museum.
In 1975, she wrote a series of reminiscences of her brother, "Ernie: Hemingway's Sister Sunny Remembers." She spoke of struggling to type "A Farewell to Arms" as fast as her brother could write it.
"She was Ernest's ardent protector," Redd Griffin, a founding director of the Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, said, describing Mrs. Miller as "a person who had an absolute love affair with life-cheerful, high energy, extremely alert and alive, and deeply religious."
Mrs. Miller trained as a nurse's aide at West Suburban Hospital and later worked in a dentist's office. She performed with the Memphis Symphony while living in that city.
Survivors include: another sister, Carol Gardner; a son, Ernest Hemingway Mainland; a grandson; and a great-granddaughter.
Madelaine Hemingway Miller, 90, a sister of the late Nobel Prize novelist Ernest Hemingway, typed portions of his famous novel, "A Farewell to Arms." She was a musician and formerly played the harp with the Memphis Symphony.
A native of Oak Park and a former resident of Riverside, she died Jan. 14 at her home in Petoskey, Mich., where she had retired.
Mrs. Miller, who was called "Sunny" by her family after a face on a box of cereal, grew up in Oak Park. In 1974, she dedicated a plaque in front of their birthplace home at 339 N. Oak Park Ave. That residence is now a museum.
In 1975, she wrote a series of reminiscences of her brother, "Ernie: Hemingway's Sister Sunny Remembers." She spoke of struggling to type "A Farewell to Arms" as fast as her brother could write it.
"She was Ernest's ardent protector," Redd Griffin, a founding director of the Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, said, describing Mrs. Miller as "a person who had an absolute love affair with life-cheerful, high energy, extremely alert and alive, and deeply religious."
Mrs. Miller trained as a nurse's aide at West Suburban Hospital and later worked in a dentist's office. She performed with the Memphis Symphony while living in that city.
Survivors include: another sister, Carol Gardner; a son, Ernest Hemingway Mainland; a grandson; and a great-granddaughter.
A native of Oak Park and a former resident of Riverside, she died Jan. 14 at her home in Petoskey, Mich., where she had retired.
Mrs. Miller, who was called "Sunny" by her family after a face on a box of cereal, grew up in Oak Park. In 1974, she dedicated a plaque in front of their birthplace home at 339 N. Oak Park Ave. That residence is now a museum.
In 1975, she wrote a series of reminiscences of her brother, "Ernie: Hemingway's Sister Sunny Remembers." She spoke of struggling to type "A Farewell to Arms" as fast as her brother could write it.
"She was Ernest's ardent protector," Redd Griffin, a founding director of the Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, said, describing Mrs. Miller as "a person who had an absolute love affair with life-cheerful, high energy, extremely alert and alive, and deeply religious."
Mrs. Miller trained as a nurse's aide at West Suburban Hospital and later worked in a dentist's office. She performed with the Memphis Symphony while living in that city.
Survivors include: another sister, Carol Gardner; a son, Ernest Hemingway Mainland; a grandson; and a great-granddaughter.
