Age 69 of Apple Valley passed away August 26, 2017. She was born Juanita Kay Westfield on October 2, 1947 in Council Bluffs, Iowa and raised in Canby, Granite Falls and Eveleth MN. She graduated from Eveleth High School and attended Eveleth Vocational/Technical College. She lived in the Twin Cities area all of her adult life where she worked most of her career as an insurance adjuster. Juanita belonged to Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA) for many years doing volunteer work and fund raising benefiting various organizations with a focus on and soft spot for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She also did fundraising for and participated in the River of Hope Classic Stillwater ACS Relay for Life for 15 years. She also participated in the Race for the Cure every year. She and her husband loved to visit friends and relatives in such places as Florida, Texas, Arizona and California especially in the winter. Juanita is preceded in death by husband Dan Joseph (Joe) Gillespie whom she married on April 5, 2003. Richard Miller, former husband and father of her two children, Paula and Perry, also preceded her in death. Juanita and Richard were married June 8, 1969. Also preceding her in death are her parents Ruth LaVergne and Lowell Westfield; sister Nancy Miller and sister-in-law Lori Siverson. She is survived by her step-mother Charlotte Westfield; children Paula (Chris) Niosi and Perry (Carmen) Miller; step-daughters Kathryn Gillespie and Karen Gillespie Haeg (Dan); grandchildren Jackie Niosi, Lauren Shaw, Mason Provence, Franci Haeg and Greta Haeg; siblings Sharon (David) Huggett, Caryl (Michael) Stanley, Dwight Siverson, LoAnn (Jim) Hansen, Kathy (Lynn) Enquist, Neil (Sue) Siverson, brother-in-law Michael Miller and many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncle and many friends. Visitation will be held Sunday, October 15, 5 – 7 PM and memorial service will be held Monday, October 16, 11 AM at Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave, Lakeville, MN 55044. Interment will be held later at the Antelope Hills Christian Church in Canby, MN.
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