Nila Ruth Emenhiser Kite Miller

Nila Ruth Emenhiser Kite Miller, 83, of Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away on January 6, 2023.

Nila was born on August 22, 1939 in Muncie, Indiana, the youngest daughter of Mearl Sylvester Emenhiser, a machinist and farmer, and Opal Lavon Oard, a homemaker. Nila was named after the physician who delivered her. Nila's parents and her brother Wilfred predeceased her.

Nila grew up in Muncie, spending her childhood helping out on her parents' small Muncie farm. A 1957 graduate of Muncie's Royerton High School, Nila attended Indiana University. While she was a student at Indiana University, Nila was a candidate for Tyronian Queen. She used to laugh about campus posters which read "Nila for Queen."

Nila married the two great loves in her life which, in turn, led to her greatest joys, being a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

On November 22, 1959, Nila married Donald Paul Kite and they had three children, Donald Bradley Kite, Sr., born on Nila and Don's one year anniversary, Becky Kay (Kite) Seling, and Julie Ann (Kite) Buckler. Nila's first husband, Don, passed away on October 19,1971.

When her first husband (Don) passed away at age 36, Nila began working outside the home to enable her to raise her three children. Working at Head Ski & Sportswear for a time, Nila later eventually retired, after a long career, from AT&T/the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company.

On May 12, 2000, Nila married Larry Lee Miller. Larry was the father of four (4) children by his first marriage, sons Timothy Mooney, Michael Miller and Gregory Miller, and daughter Sandy Moorman. Nila's second husband, Larry, passed away on January 10, 2019.

Nila's faith was extremely important to her. As a young girl she attended Muncie's Center Chapel with her parents, occasionally playing the organ. At various points in her life, including when she resided in Muncie, Indiana, Cockeysville, Maryland, and Ebony, Virginia, Nila enjoyed singing in the church choir.

Nila truly enjoyed life and her family will long remember how happy she was spending time with her late husband Larry and their extended family at Virginia's Lake Gaston.

Nila also enjoyed participating in fun activities when they presented themselves. She was an extra in the 1994 John Waters film 'Serial Mom,' which was filmed in Towson, Maryland and starred Kathleen Turner.

Nila is survived by her sister Norma (Emenhiser) Irvin (East China, Michigan), and by her (Nila's) three children, Don Kite and wife Grace (Indianapolis, Indiana), Becky (Kite) Seling and her husband Wayne (Newnan, Georgia), and Julie (Kite) Buckler (Monroe, North Carolina). In addition, she is survived by her ten grandchildren, Brad Kite (Indianapolis, Indiana), Leah (Kite) Lickliter and her husband John (Indianapolis, Indiana), David Kite and his partner Wil Torres (Palo Alto, California), Wayne Allen Seling (and his wife Veronica)(Dallas, Georgia), Alex Seling (Newnan, Georgia), Zachary Buckler (Charlotte, North Carolina), Eliza (Buckler) Mobley (and her husband Joe)(Leesburg, Virginia), Charlton Buckler, John Mark Buckler, and Faith Buckler, all of Charlotte, North Carolina.

She is also survived by eleven great grandchildren, Aiko Moon Kite, Aeja Grace Kite, Caroline Marie Lickliter, Olivia Ruth Lickliter, Josephine Ann Lickliter, John William Lickliter, Jr., Lucia Seling, James Mobley, Violet Mobley, Daisy Mobley and Gabriel Mobley.

Nila is also survived by three stepsons, Timothy Mooney and wife Terri (Wellington, Florida), Michael Miller and wife Lori (New Freedom, Pennsylvania), Gregory Miller and wife Elizabeth (Churchville, Maryland), and stepdaughter Sandy Moorman and husband Cary (Frederick, Maryland). In addition, she is survived by nine step-grandchildren, Margot Morris and husband Jeff, Jonathan Moorman and wife Katie. Mckenzie Massimini and husband Mark, Alexandra Mooney, Rebecca Moorman, Delaney Miller, Madison Simms, and Abigail Simms. She is also survived by nine step-greatgrandchildren. William, Grayson and Nathan Morris, Dalilah Parks Schauer, Levi Scheidt. Bella Grace and Judah Massimini, and Ellen and Jane Moorman.

She is also survived by her sisters-in-law, by her nieces and nephews, her great-nieces and great-nephews, and by many cousins.

Nila's celebration of life will be held at Center Chapel UMC, 900 W. Royerton Rd Muncie, Indiana, 47303, where Nila married her first husband Don in 1959, on Saturday, January 14, 2023. Calling will be from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M Service will be at 12:00 P.M. with Chaplain Justin Lamason officiating. Burial to follow at Gardens of Memory, Muncie, Indiana. at a later date Contributions may be made to the Indiana Parkinson Foundation, 14350 Mundy Dr. #808, Noblesville, Indiana 46060. Garden View Funeral Home is serving the family.

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