Class of 1949
Class Chair:
Caroline Weis Panzer, 810/234-6846; cpanzer@gfn.org
Class Notes:
Obituaries:
Charles Stephen Miller
Charles S. Miller, of Bloomington, died April 13, 2008, at Bloomington Hospital. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, on April 10, 1919, to Stephen and Elizabeth (Peiser) Miller. He grew up in Newark, New Jersey, where he attended West Side High School. Following service in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Maryland and Alternative Service in CPS in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he married Harriet Tyler and they moved to Richmond, Indiana, where he graduated from Earlham College in 1947. Following graduation, Charles was employed for 43 years as Instrument Maker in the Department of Geology and the Indiana State Geological Survey at Indiana University. He enjoyed singing in the IU Opera Chorus and the First Methodist Choir. He and Harriet were both long-time adult volunteers at Hilltop Gardens. Following retirement, he enjoyed herbalism and gardening in his yard, antiques, and sharing knowledge of machine shop techniques, and became known to neighbors and friends as an engaging, if long-winded, storyteller. He rarely missed the Saturday morning Farmer's Market or Sunday meeting at Bloomington Society of Friends. He truly believed, and often said, "I've been lucky all my life." He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Harriet, and son, Donald Charles Miller. He is survived by son and daughter-in-law Steve and Jane Miller of Zionsville, Indiana, and two grandsons, Cormack Miller, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, and Chris, of Avon, Indiana. Following his wishes, there will be a cremation but no funeral services, and his ashes will join those of his wife in Surry, New Hampshire.
(Posted April 28, 2008)
June Thomas
Agnes Elizabeth "June" Thomas 80, of Indianapolis, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. June, daughter of Roland G.E. and Eliza Ullman, was born June 18, 1927 in Chester, PA and grew up in Swarthmore. She received a B.A. from Earlham College, and an M.A. from Butler University. Mrs. Thomas was an active member of First Friends Meeting, a former officer and board member of the Caroline Scott Harrison chapter of DAR, Eagle Forum, Earlham Alumni Council, and Poetry Circle. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Edward E. Thomas; daughters, Eliza Katharine Prestgaard, Martha Elizabeth Thomas, and Jennifer June Coleman, and lovingly known as "Nee Nee" to her eleven grandchildren.
(Posted January 25, 2008)
Herbert Kimball
Herbert Kimball, age 88 of Canandaigua, NY, died October 18, 2007.
(Posted January 10, 2008)
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