Nancy R. Miller September 21, 1926 - June 17, 2014

On June 17, 2014 Nancy R. Miller, 87, longtime resident of Sisters, died peacefully at her home listening to her favorite music with her husband and son.

"Nan" was born September 21, 1926, in Utica, New York, the daughter of the late Josephine C. and Wallace C. Roberts. She graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri in 1948. Shortly thereafter, she married William N. Miller, also of Utica and now Sisters.

Their 66 years together included helping her husband Bill earn his master's in psychology at Colgate University which followed his years of World War II service with the 10th Mountain Division "Ski Troops." They experienced decades of adventures and world travel while working for the CIA where Nan was an administrative assistant for the agency at Bill's stations in the Marianna Islands, The Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand.

Nan never experienced retirement in the normal sense. She became a vital part of many community endeavors for which she will be long remembered. She was involved in pioneering the statewide SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) program and was one of the prime movers behind the founding of the Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store. These and other activities contributed to her being honored as Sisters Citizen of the Year in 1994.

She faced a debilitating lung disease with the same upbeat attitude she demonstrated throughout her life. As a non-smoker with a lung disease, she never uttered "why me?" Instead, she felt she had been the lucky recipient of a life that was full, fun, rewarding, exciting and left nothing on her life's "bucket list."

Nan was preceded in death by her beloved son Gregg F. Miller and brother Wallace S. Roberts. She is survived by her husband Bill; son Gary N. Miller (wife Beckie Zimmerman) of Sisters; a sister Josephine Marsh of Redmond, WA; a brother Charles W. Roberts (wife Lee), of Taos, NM; three grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews spread from New England to the West Coast.

Nan made it clear to her family that she did not want any big "gathering." The family suggests that friends and acquaintances just reminisce whenever they get together, raise a coffee cup to Nan and, if they are not already volunteers, to sign up with Habitat or Hospice and/or send them a nice donation in her memory.

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