Tonya Puckett Miller Lost Battle to Glioblastoma, Visitation and Funeral Service

According to an abbreviated obituarypagefrom Brooks Funeral Home, she died Friday, Sept. 15. She had battled glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, for 20 months,according to the Star Tribune. Tonya married Kirby in 1986 and they had two children together during his playing days with the Twins. They divorced in 2002. Rochelle Olson of the

Tonya Puckett-Miller, the former wife of Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett, has died at the age of 58.

According to an abbreviated obituary page from Brooks Funeral Home, she died Friday, Sept. 15. She had battled glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, for 20 months, according to the Star Tribune.

Tonya married Kirby in 1986 and they had two children together during his playing days with the Twins. They divorced in 2002. Rochelle Olson of the Strib noted that she spent much of her time as a philanthropist, raising funds for Children’s Heartlink and the Puckett Scholars program.

She remarried Rev. Dr. Melvin Miller in 2013. Miller is the senior pastor at Progressive Baptist Church in St. Paul, where Tonya was known as the First Lady.

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