Carol Ann Miller (Ell) (Chiefelk) passed away Dec. 15, 2025. Carol was born on Dec. 12, 1947 in Browning, MT. to Samuel Ell and Eva Aguire Ell. Carol was a proud member of The Blackfeet Nation of Browning, MT. She was also from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Dakota Sioux Tribe. Carol graduated from Flandreau Indian School in SD. She married Alan D. Miller on Nov. 29th, 1967 in San Francisco, CA. As a young couple, Carol lived in Oakland, San Francisco and on Alcatraz Island during the Native American Occupation of 1969. She would also attend business school. Carol worked in healthcare and did clerical work at Strother High School, OBU and the Potawatomi Nation. Although Carol supported her husband in his career, she was an independent person with her own qualities.
Carol is preceded in death by her father, Samuel Ell; mom, Eva Aguire Ell; mom, Margaret Gobert; husband, Alan D. Miller; brothers: Allen Charles Ell (Smokey), Sammy Dean Ell, Dale Ell, William Irvin, John Gobert; sisters: Mary Lou Eng and Letha Smith; son, Milan Todd Ricker; and two grandchildren: Eva Walker and Zaraya Pennock.
Carol is survived by her two sons: Alvin Miller of the home and wife Emma Proctor Miller and Alex Miller of the home; daughters: Angela Miller Mack and husband Felix Mack, Andrea Miller, and Anna Terronez; brothers: Lester Smith, Steven Smith, Wayne Smith; and sister: Mary Jo Issues, Linda Sleeman, Myrna Smith, Zetra Wheeler, and Crystal Decoteau; 20 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; and numerous family and friends.
Services were held Dec. 23, 2025 at Snake Creek Baptist Church with Dan Factor, Chebon Kernall and Bill Hobia Jr. officiating. Interment followed at Snake Creek Baptist Church cemetery.
