Joan Helen (Wittkop) Miller was the fourth child of Veyirl (Getty) and Dewey Wittkop. She was born on September 28, 1931 in Dundee, Michigan.

She was married to Melvin Alonzo Miller, Sr. and they had five children.

Joan died on December 25, 2017 at Rae-Ann Nursing Home in Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio. She was 86 years old.