Obtuary of Velma Miller (2006)

• Title	Obtuary of Velma Miller (2006)
  Short Title	Obtuary of Velma Miller
  Publisher	Brattleboro, Vermont: "Brattleboro Reformer", 23 March 2006
  Source ID	S1102
  Text	NORTHFIELD, Mass. -- Velma C. Miller, 83, of 141 Warwick Road, died Tuesday afternoon, March 21, 2006, at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N.H. She was born in Northfield on May 17, 1922, the daughter of Rollin and Lucy B. (Browning) Shearer. She lived her entire in Northfield. She attended the Northfield Farms No. 4 School and graduated from Northfield High School in 1939. She worked at the Valley Vista Inn, the Northfield Coffee Shop and Parts Manufacturing Shop in Greenfield. In 1940, she married Kenneth L. Miller Sr. In 1958, they started their auction business together and it grew into Ken Miller and Son Inc., where they held many area auctions and flea markets. She was a past member of the Northfield OES, and a member of the First Parish Unitarian Church and was chairwoman of many of their Christmas bazaars. She was a member of the Valley Button Club and was also a licensed real estate agent. She was an avid collector of antique buttons, postcards, art pottery and art glass. She was also an avid Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots fan. She was predeceased by her husband; a son, Kenneth Lee Miller Jr.; a sister, Charlotte Shearer Lord and her husband Harold; and a brother, Robert Shearer and his wife Margaret. She was the beloved grandmother of Melissa M. Miller of Greenfield, Erin C. Schouler and her husband Kenneth of Englewood, Fla., and Kenneth Brandon Miller and Casey Lea (Rogers) Miller, both of Northfield. She was the beloved great-grandmother of Kyle, Alyson, Nichole and Jacob Schouler, and Kenneth and Dylan Rogers. She is also survived by three sisters-in-law, Ethel Carpenter of Northfield, Mary Miller of Winchester, N.H., and Telma Miller of Hinsdale, N.H.; a daughter-in-law, Wendy J. Miller of Northfield; many nieces and nephews, including Joyce Roberts of Bernardston, whom she was especially close to. Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 27, at 1 p.m. at the Trinitarian Congregational Church, Main Street, in Northfield. The Rev. Lloyd Parrill, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Farms Cemetery in Northfield. Calling hours will be on Sunday, March 26, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the KIDDER FUNERAL HOME, 1 Parker Ave., in Northfield. Donations in Mrs. Miller's memory may be made to the Northfield Recreation Commission, c/o Barbara Brassor, 69 Main St., Northfield, MA 01360 or Cheshire Medical Center, c/o Nancy Sporborg, 580 Court St., Keene, NH 03431 or Applewood Activities Fund, c/o Amy Lawrence, 8 Snow Road, Winchester,
  Linked to (2)	Velma Irene Shearer Family: Kenneth Leonidas Miller / Velma Irene Shearer