WINDSOR, VT
Olive B. Miller, 92, a longtime resident of Windsor passed away Wednesday afternoon, January 4 at the Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor.
She was born October 4, 1919 in Cornish, NH the daughter of John E. and Clara J. (Crary) Bayliss. She received her schooling in Cornish and Windsor, graduating from Windsor High School in 1938. She married O. W. "Chick" Miller in Cornish on July 2, 1938. She and her husband founded Miller Construction and Miller Ready-Mix Concrete in Windsor. She did the bookkeeping for the family businesses. Olive loved to tell the story of how in the early years of their businesses she drove a dump truck with their first two babies on the seat. She later was employed at the former New England Telephone Company in Windsor and at another business venture, the Windsor Diner.
She was an active member of the Mt. Ascutney Hospital Auxiliary and was proud to have donated the funds for the construction of the Miller Therapeutic Pool at the hospital.
Olive's life's passions included excelling at golf, her bridge club, putting puzzles together and collecting exotic animals, which occasionally could be seen strolling down State Street from the Miller home. She especially enjoyed spending time with her family and many friends.
Her husband passed away on March 21, 1982. She was also predeceased by one daughter, Dorothy Farnsworth on July 8, 2011, and by her parents, two brothers, John E. Bayliss, Jr. and Robert Bayliss, one sister, Beverly Batchelder, and one grandson, Rickey Miller.
Survivors include two sons, Donald Miller and his wife, Barbara of Windsor, Douglas Miller and his wife, Betty of Cornish, three daughters, Gaile Avent and her husband, Ken of New Market, TN, Alanna Farnsworth and her husband, Brent of Windsor, and Jan Wright of Weathersfield, VT, eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
At her request there will be no formal services. Friends are invited to drop-in and visit Olive's family at the Windsor Welcome Center on Depot Avenue in Windsor on Saturday, January 7 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM.
Committal services will be held at the convenience of her family at a later date in the family lot in the Ascutney Cemetery in Windsor.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice Room Renovation Project at Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center at 289 County Road, Windsor, VT 05089.
The Knight Funeral Home in Windsor assisted with the arrangements.