Mary Miller Bordner, 88, of Valparaiso, formerly of Brookston, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 1997, at the Life Care Center, Valparaiso, where she had been a resident since May 1996. She had been in failing health for several months.

She was born Sept. 16, 1908, to Walter and Etta Sasbe Miller in Greenfield. She was married April 4, 1931, to Karl A. Bordner in Greenfield, and he died Feb. 13, 1978.

She was a high school graduate and a graduate of Indiana Normal College, with a music degree. In the 1930s she taught music in Brookston and a homemaker.

She was a member and former choir director of the Brookston Federated Church and a former member of the Psi Iota Xi Sorority and Girl Scout leader.

Mr Bordner was a third generation owner of the Bordner Lumber Yard in Brookston. They moved in 1969, from Brookston to California. She returned to Indiana in 1982 and lived at the Pines Village in Valparaiso, from 1983 to 1996, when she went to the Life Care Center.

Survivors include two daughters, Suzanne Gustat of Munster, and Mrs. William (Betty) Webster, Kensington, Calif.; a brother, Dale Miller, Greenfield; a sister, Eileen Crane, Greenfield; four grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. A sister is deceased.

Funeral services were Wednesday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston, with the Rev. Lelan McReynolds officiating.

Burial was at the IOOF Cemetery, Brookston.

Memorial contributions may be given to the National Society to Prevent Blindness.