Jamie Miller Obituary

Jamie (Dougherty) Miller, 45, died June 2, 2015 in Portland, OR, after a valiant three year fight with Cancer. She was born November 20, 1969 in Colorado Springs to Linda and Jim Dougherty. She attended Whittier Elementary School, West Junior High, and graduated in 1988 from Coronado High School. A distracted student, she attended University of Idaho and Portland State University where she flourished, becoming a library educator, a career she enjoyed for 17 years.

Jamie and her sly sense of humor, nurturing disposition, infectious laugh, delight with learning and sharing new information, and thoughtfulness and curiosity about human nature will always be remembered by her husband Kevin and her children, Max and Alice, of Portland, Oregon.

She will be forever cherished by her parents Ken and Linda Day of Colorado Springs and Sara Dougherty of Vancouver, Washington; her mother-in-law Ann Miller Serpa of Pullman, Washington; her beloved sister Teale and brother-in-law Rory Kocher and their children Dakota and Killian of Colorado Springs; her brother Darin and dear sister-in-law Amy Dougherty, of Portland, Oregon and their children Finn, Beck, and Dash; her brother Jake and sister-in-law Raeanne Doughtery and their daughter Isla of Spokane, WA. Additionally her extended family of aunts, uncles, cousins and legions of friends will miss her forever.

Jamie was a runner, a gym rat, a reader, a reader's advisor, a dear friend, a cherished daughter and sister, a devoted wife and mother, and a good cook. She loved beer, being at home, her own home made Spring Rolls and African Peanut Soup, candles, flowers - especially lilies, Looney Toons - especially Bugs Bunny, working in the yard, scoring at Goodwill, biking and swimming with her family, "pillow talk" which she called the chats that she had to have in bed after she got sick, and her cherished cat Greta.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, her father, a special Uncle Kenny Hahn, her brother James Richard Dougherty and her adored boyfriend cats Vinnie and Turk.

Memorial tributes and services are pending.