Posted: 11:24 PM - May 01, 2007
From The Wilmington News Journal dated Wednesday 3 Jan 2007)
Henrietta Collett Miller, 94, formerly of Wilmington, died Friday (Dec. 29, 2006) at Foulkeways retirement community, Gwynedd, Pa., of congestive heart failure. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene J. Miller, who died in 1985. They were married in 1933.
Mrs. Miller was born on Easter Sunday, April 7, 1912, in Lebanon, daughter of Howard and Mary Collett of Wilmington. She grew up in Wilmington and graduated in 1929 from Wilmington High School. She attended Wilmington College and graduated in 1933 from Denison University, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. She and her husband spent the first three years of their marriage in Hillsboro before they moved to Loudonville in 1936 to publish The Loudonville Times. She wrote a column for the newspaper, "Afterthoughts," chronicling activities of local residents and her family. In 1950, it was named the best original column in an Ohio weekly newspaper by the Ohio Newspaper Association. In her later years in Loudonville, she taught in an elementary school in nearby Lakeville. She and her husband sold the Times in 1952, and they moved to Upper Arlington in 1954, where she continued her teaching career and became an elementary school librarian. She had earned a library science degree at The Ohio State University after moving to Upper Arlington. She and her husband were avid naturalists and in 1965, they purchased a 100-acre farm near Bainbridge as a weekend retreat. The property was notable for unique geology and diversity of wildflowers in its location in Rocky Fork Gorge, and now is an Ohio state nature preserve, the Eugene and Henrietta Miller Nature Sanctuary. After her husband died, she lived in Upper Arlington for eight more years before she moved to Gwynedd, Pa., to be near her son and daughter-in-law, James and Abigail.
She is survived by three sons, James (Abigail) of Gwynedd, Pa., William of Arlington, Va., and Robert (Diana) of Sheridan, Wyo.; a granddaughter; a grandson; three stepgrandsons; a great-grandson; two stepgreat-grandchildren; three nephews; two nieces; and a brother-in-law, Thurman, formerly of Wilmington and now of Crystal Lake, Ill.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Wallace, who died in May 2006.
A memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Jan. 16 at Jonah's Run Baptist Church, with burial in the Miami Cemetery, Waynesville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, with a note specifying the Miller Sanctuary Gift Rotary, in care of Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Attn.: Natural Areas and Preserves, 2045 Morse Road, Building F-1, Columbus, 43229.
Henrietta Collett Miller
Henrietta Collett Miller, 94, formerly of Wilmington, died Friday (Dec. 29, 2006) at Foulkeways retirement community, Gwynedd, Pa., of congestive heart failure. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene J. Miller, who died in 1985. They were married in 1933.
Mrs. Miller was born on Easter Sunday, April 7, 1912, in Lebanon, daughter of Howard and Mary Collett of Wilmington. She grew up in Wilmington and graduated in 1929 from Wilmington High School. She attended Wilmington College and graduated in 1933 from Denison University, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. She and her husband spent the first three years of their marriage in Hillsboro before they moved to Loudonville in 1936 to publish The Loudonville Times. She wrote a column for the newspaper, "Afterthoughts," chronicling activities of local residents and her family. In 1950, it was named the best original column in an Ohio weekly newspaper by the Ohio Newspaper Association. In her later years in Loudonville, she taught in an elementary school in nearby Lakeville. She and her husband sold the Times in 1952, and they moved to Upper Arlington in 1954, where she continued her teaching career and became an elementary school librarian. She had earned a library science degree at The Ohio State University after moving to Upper Arlington. She and her husband were avid naturalists and in 1965, they purchased a 100-acre farm near Bainbridge as a weekend retreat. The property was notable for unique geology and diversity of wildflowers in its location in Rocky Fork Gorge, and now is an Ohio state nature preserve, the Eugene and Henrietta Miller Nature Sanctuary. After her husband died, she lived in Upper Arlington for eight more years before she moved to Gwynedd, Pa., to be near her son and daughter-in-law, James and Abigail.
She is survived by three sons, James (Abigail) of Gwynedd, Pa., William of Arlington, Va., and Robert (Diana) of Sheridan, Wyo.; a granddaughter; a grandson; three stepgrandsons; a great-grandson; two stepgreat-grandchildren; three nephews; two nieces; and a brother-in-law, Thurman, formerly of Wilmington and now of Crystal Lake, Ill.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Wallace, who died in May 2006.
A memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Jan. 16 at Jonah's Run Baptist Church, with burial in the Miami Cemetery, Waynesville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, with a note specifying the Miller Sanctuary Gift Rotary, in care of Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Attn.: Natural Areas and Preserves, 2045 Morse Road, Building F-1, Columbus, 43229.