Jennifer R Crozier (miller) Obituary (1972 - 2010)

Born Nov 16, 1972, Jennifer R Crozier (miller) attended Missouri Valley High School in Missouri Valley, IA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Jennifer R Crozier (miller).

Graduation Year	Class of 1992
Date of Birth	Nov 16, 1972
Date of Passing	Nov 16, 2010
About	Jennifer Rebecca (Miller) Crozier was born on November 16, 1973, to Roger and Loretta (Pedersen) Miller in Des Moines, Iowa. She attended school in Dunlap, Logan, and graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 1992. While in high school, Jen was a member of the National Honor Society. She earned her Bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Nebraska. Jen married Jeremy Crozier on June 1, 2002, and they lived in Persia. The couple was blessed with a daughter, Grace. Jen was employed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Her love and devotion to the Section of General Surgery was valued and appreciated by her colleagues. She was promoted to General Surgery Residency Coordinator where she excelled in managing the educational requirements of surgeons in residency training. Jen's qualities as an inspirational leader were recognized in September of 2008, when Jennifer received the Chancellor's Gold 'U' award, a prestige given annually to a very small number of top-notch employees at the University. Jennifer was awarded $1000 by WOWT (Channel 6 and First National Bank) in their Pay It Forward campaign in 2008. She used the money to raise additional money in order to walk in the Susan G Komen breast cancer 3-Day walk in Phoenix with her cousins. She was preparing for graduate school to become a physician assistant. Jen was loved dearly by her co-workers and her passion, dedication, sense of humor and friendship will be dearly missed. Jennifer enjoyed reading, spending time with her daughter and family, gardening, and drawing. She also enjoyed playing the piano and listening to music as well as scrapbooking. Jennifer died September 16, 2010, after a long fought battle with breast cancer, at the age of 36 years and 10 months. Jennifer was preceded in death by her grandparents. She is survived by her husband, Jeremy Crozier, of Persia, Iowa; daughter, Grace Crozier of Missouri Valley, Iowa; mother, Loretta Hamblin of Missouri Valley, Iowa; father, Roger Miller of Missouri Valley, Iowa; sister, Janelle Spencer and brother, Jason Miller both of Missouri Valley, Iowa; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends; and her beloved Scooby.

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Janelle Miller '93 said:

This is one of the many pictures I love of my sister. She gives me a sense of encouragement, drive & saying to me what I need to hear in this picture. She still listens to me.... tries to give me the advice or just the fucking push I need. She will keep me afloat when I just don't wanna swim anymore. There are many times I know what Jen would say to me, the tone she would use, the choice of her words & the look she would give me.... It makes me smile thinking of it - yelling at me, laughing at me, helping me and the goofy moments we had. We shared it all. I love you, Jen.

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