Southern Nevada bikers mourn woman, 95, who served in WWII — PHOTOS

By KEITH ROGERS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

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Rick Toulon, 66, center, holds a flag during a ceremony to honor Irene Miller, a World War II Navy veteran at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City. Miller died earlier this year and gained notoriety over a financial dispute with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

World War II Navy veteran Irene Miller, 95, poses for a photo, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, while waiting for a van outside a retirement living complex on East Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas. Keith Rogers/Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Nearly 200 biker club members arrive to honor Irene Miller, a World War II era Navy veteran, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City. Miller died earlier this year and gained notoriety over a financial dispute with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

Nearly 200 biker club members arrive to honor Irene Miller, a World War II Navy veteran, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City. Miller died earlier this year and gained notoriety over a financial dispute with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

Bike club members arrive to honor Irene Miller, a World War II Navy veteran, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City. Miller died earlier this year and gained notoriety over a financial dispute with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

Irene Miller’s son, Allen Miller, 55, holds a flag that was presented to his family by members of the military during a ceremony that was held in her name at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City, Nevada. Irene was a World War II Navy veteran who died earlier this year and gained notoriety over a financial dispute with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

Chaplain Dave Jochman pauses while speaking at a ceremony honoring Irene Miller, a World War II Navy veteran, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City, Nevada. Miller died earlier this year and gained notoriety over a financial dispute with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

Marine veteran Mike Edwards clinches a hat that was given to him by Irene Miller at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City, Nevada. Edwards became good friends with Miller after he heard about the financial dispute she had with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

Members from various bike clubs listen during a ceremony honoring Irene Miller, a World War II Navy veteran, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City, Nevada. Miller died earlier this year and gained notoriety over a financial dispute with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

Marine veteran Mike Edwards speaks during a ceremony honoring Irene Miller, a World War II Navy veteran, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City, Nevada. Edwards became good friends with Miller after he heard about the financial dispute she had with Veteran Affairs. “I once asked her why did you choose to serve in the war and she responded because I’m an American,” Edwards said. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

Marine veteran Mike Edwards speaks during a ceremony honoring Irene Miller, a World War II Navy veteran, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City, Nevada. Edwards became good friends with Miller after he heard about the financial dispute she had with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

A color guard followed by members of various biker clubs hold a box with the engraved name of Irene Miller, a World War II Navy veteran, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City, Nevada. Miller died earlier this year and gained notoriety over a financial dispute with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

Irene Miller’s loved ones are the last to leave after a ceremony that was held in her name at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City, Nevada. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

People protest against the undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather of domestic violence ahead of his megafight — and mega payday — against Manny Pacquiao, on Tropicana Ave in front of the MGM hotel-casino’s main entrance on Friday, May 1, 2015. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

World War II Navy veteran Irene Miller poses for a photo, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, outside her apartment building at a retirement living complex on East Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas. Keith Rogers/Review-Journal

A Kansas City Chiefs football logo hangs on Irene Miller’s apartment door, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at a seniors living complex on East Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas. Keith Rogers/Las Vegas Review-Journal

World War II Navy veteran Irene Miller and Gulf War Marine veteran Mike Edwards rejoice, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, after learning that the Department of Veterans Affairs will waive overpayments it made to her late husband’s pension. Courtesy Stacey Frongillo

D’nese Davis, left, Irene Miller, Mike Edwards and Stacey Frongillo pose for a photo in late October after Edwards, a Marine veteran, launched a campaign to raise money to help pay Miller’s bills and rent at a retirement living complex on East Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas. Courtesy Mike Edwards

An image Irene Miller, a World War II Navy veteran, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Boulder City. Miller died earlier this year and gained notoriety over a financial dispute with Veteran Affairs. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chrisklee_jpeg

Nearly 200 biker club members gathered Tuesday to honor late World War II-era Navy veteran Irene Miller at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.

Miller, 95, died in January, only a few months after a pension dispute with Veteran Affairs threatened to make her homeless.

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