Former FBI employee lived in town 11 years
Published in the July 7, 2016 edition
NORTH READING — Carol A. (Spencer) Miller – 83, of North Reading, died Friday July 1, 2016, at Care One at Wilmington.
Born in Rugby, Virginia on February 26, 1933, she was the daughter of the late John B. and Viola (Richardson) Spencer. Carol was a graduate of Marion College in Marion, Virginia.
Carol worked for the FBI in Washington, D.C. and was a school teacher and was a Payroll Administrator for the American Mutual Insurance Company in Wakefield. She was also a homemaker and a nanny to several families.
Carol was very dedicated to her family and had a great love for life. She had a sense of humor and a cutting wit. She was brilliant; if you ever needed to know something, she had the answer. Carol enjoyed cooking and had amazing Sunday dinners for her family. She was very artistic, a talented painter and she enjoyed antiquing and yard sales. She loved to travel and enjoyed country music.
Carol was a resident of North Reading for the past 11 years and a former resident of Reading. She was a member of the Edith A. O’Leary Senior Center in North Reading and a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church in Lynnfield.
Family members include her beloved companion of 38 years, George Allen Heard of North Reading; her loving daughters, Sharon Burke and her husband Stephen, of North Reading and Kathryn Cohen and her husband Harvey of Newton; her son, Jeffrey Miller and his wife Kathleen of Elk Creek, VA; her brother, Sherrill Spencer of Independence, VA; sisters, Laverne Kiser and her husband March of Mouth of Wilson, VA and June Phipps and her husband Dale of Independence, VA; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Her memorial service will be held at the Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street, North Reading on Tuesday, July 12 at 7 p.m. Calling hours will be held prior to the service from 4 to 6:50 p.m. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in her memory to: Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant Street, Watertown, MA 02472 or to the Activities Department at Care One at Wilmington, 750 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA 01887. www.croswellfuneralhome.com
