Obituary of Elizabeth Anne Miller

MILLER, SR. ELIZABETH ANNE (Hilda Helen) entered eternal life on Monday, May 9, 2016 at Villa Angela, Chatham, Ontario. She entered the Ursuline Sisters of Chatham in 1956. During her religious life she served as a teacher in Chatham, Rockyford, Alberta, Regina, Saskatchewan and Chiclayo, Peru. She has also lived and ministered in London, Windsor and Saskatoon in Parish Ministry, Community Service, Refugee/immigrant ministry and with the Inter-Ursuline Community Among Hispanics in Brownsville, Texas. She served on the Brescia Leadership Team from 2000-2003 and on the Finance Committee and as General Treasurer of the Community from 1982-1988 and 1996-97. Wherever Sr. Elizabeth Anne lived, she opened her heart to those who were most vulnerable. She always paid special attention to those who were poor, displaced, troubled and treated unjustly. She was born in Viscount, Saskatchewan on January 12, 1938, the daughter of the late Andrew & Elizabeth (Novecosky) Miller of Russia. She is survived by two sisters, Bridget Wolfe of Saskatoon and Sr. Rita Miller, OSU of Chatham and sister-in-law’s, Betty, Denise, Marjorie, Elsie and Tina Miller and many nieces and nephews to whom she was very close. She is predeceased by siblings, Magdalen, Peter, Benedict, Joseph, Anthony, John, Elizabeth German, Leo, Bernard, Edward, Martin, and Albert. Relatives and friends are invited to join the Ursuline Community at a prayer service to be held on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Kiva at Villa Angela, 20 Merici Way, Chatham. The Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Kiva at Villa Angela. Interment will be in St. Anthony’s Cemetery. Donations in memory of Sister Elizabeth Anne may be made to “Chatham Ursuline Charities” or to the charity of your choice.