Alice Mary Miller, age 78 of the Sandy Hook section of Newtown died Saturday June 25, 2011 in Danbury Hospital with her beloved family at her side after a long battle with Pancreatic Cancer.
Alice Mary was born in Danbury on December 11, 1932 a daughter of the late Hubert and Elizabeth (Hanlon) Carey. She 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. Alice Mary 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. Alice Mary was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church.
Alice Mary is survived by her son, Joseph C. Miller and his wife Susan of Newtown and two grandchildren, Sara and Kyle Miller and numerous cousins from the Hanlon family.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Rose of Lima Church Wednesday June 29, 2011 at 10:00am. Interment will follow in St. Rose Cemetery. Friends may call in the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main St., Newtown Tuesday from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Newtown Hook and Ladder Co. #1, P.O. Box 3911, Newtown, CT 06470 or to Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Association, P.O. Box 344, Newtown, CT 06470 or to American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org To leave an online condolence go to www.honanfh.com

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