Miller was born in Vilas, Wilson County, Kansas, USA, on 5 November 1878. She spent most of her life in this area.

At some point, she married Alfred E. Miller, a commercial artist. She worked as a saleswoman for the T.M. James China Co. for 20 years until the late 1930s. She had previously worked for Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods Company. She was a Baptist. She was widowed in 1972.

Miller passed away at the Sharonlane Nursing Home in Shawnee, Kansas, USA, on 8 May 1989, at the age of 110 years, 184 days.