Eleanor I. Miller, 83, formerly of West Hoard St., Watertown, passed October 8, 2016 at the Country Manor Nursing & Rehab Center in Carthage where she had been a resident since June 29, 2016.

Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, October 12 at the Hart & Bruce Funeral Home, Watertown.

The funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, October 13 at the funeral home.

A luncheon will be held at the Life Church of the Nazarene on Thompson Blvd Noon Friday October 14.

A private burial will be held at the Calvary Cemetery at the convenience of the family.

Born on August 1, 1933 in Watertown, daughter of Perley L. and Helen (Porter) Hatch, she graduated from Evans Mills High School.

She married Frederick E. Miller on October 16, 1954 at the Sacred Heart Church.

She worked at National Bank as a bookkeeper, became a homemaker, and raised her children and cared for her husband.  She began volunteering for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Church and then became a full time secretary and bookkeeper from 1969 to 1998.    Following her retirement she continued to volunteer as a cook for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

She is a former member of the Legion of Mary Auxiliary at Sacred Heart, helped with Bingo for several years, and was the money manager and very active with the Sacred Heart Festival.

Among her survivors are two daughters and their husbands, Cynthia A. and Frederick J. Goslin, Watertown, Karen S. and Lloyd D. Rickard, Watertown; 5 grandchildren, Stephen  (Sarah) Bice Jr., Jason (Jennifer) Bice, Travis Bice, Jami  (Arturo)Ramirez, Brad Rickard and his fiancé Nichole; two step granddaughters, Carrie Hall and Stephani (Brian) Ciezi; 18 great grandchildren and one great grandchild, Peyton Marie,  on the way; three sisters and two brothers in law, Irene LaFountaine, Watertown, Vivian and Richard Curtis, Brownville, Linda and Gervin Friedrich, Watertown; several nieces and nephews.

Her husband, Frederick Miller died September 25, 1968, a brother, Ronald Hatch and three grandsons also passed before her.

Donations may be made to the SPCA

Online condolences may be made at www.hartandbruce.com