Monica Silvernale-Miller, age 96, of Glendive passed away on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 at the Glendive Medical Center in Glendive. Family received friends on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the chapel of Silha Funeral Home in Glendive followed by a graveside funeral service at 3 p.m. in Dawson County Cemetery in Glendive. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements. Monica Julia Erhardt was born Aug. 3, 1926 in Howard Lake, Minn. to Martin and Bertha Erhardt, the second youngest of 13 children. When Monica was four, after her mother’s death, it was decided the younger children would be sent to live with relatives in the area. Monica moved to Zumbrota, Minn. where she was raised by Gertrude and Tina Steege. Even at this young age, she knew her life was never going to be the same.
