Alice Mary

Miller

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Lifelong Resident [naviga:h2 style="line-height:13.0pt"]

And Active Community Member

Alice Mary Miller, 78, of Sandy Hook, died June 25, in Danbury Hospital, with her beloved family at her side, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born in Danbury, December 11, 1932, a daughter of Elizabeth (Hanlon) and Hubert Carey.

Mrs Miller was a lifelong resident of Newtown, living first on Church Hill Road where Exit 10 of I-84 now is, and then in Sandy Hook. She was a graduate of Newtown High School, Class of 1950.

During her working career, she was a dispatcher and switchboard operator at Edmond Town Hall for the Town of Newtown, and retired from Fairfield Hills Hospital in 1989, where she was a purchasing agent in the business office. After retirement, she volunteered at the Dorothy Day Hospitality House in Danbury and was a driver for Newtown Meals On Wheels. Mrs Miller was a communicant of St Rose of Lima Church.

She is survived by her son, Joseph C. Miller, and his wife Susan, of Newtown; two grandchildren, and numerous cousins from the Hanlon family.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in St Rose of Lima Church, June 29. Interment was in St Rose Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Newtown Hook & Ladder Co No 1, PO Box 3911, Newtown CT 06470, or to Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Association, PO Box 344, Newtown CT 06470, or to American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.

To leave an online condolence, visit www.honanfh.com.

The Newtown Bee        July 1, 2011