Avis de décès de Anne-Fontaine-Maury Miller - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

Miller, Anne ("Nancy") Fontaine Maury, 79, of Boynton Beach, loving wife and devoted mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed on to heaven on July 28, 2012. Born in Bryn Mawr, PA, she grew up in Delray Beach and Annapolis, MD. Locally, she attended the Gulf Stream School, Delray Elementary School and Delray High School (now Old School Square Cultural Arts Center) and was a graduate of the Graham-Eckes School in Palm Beach. At Sweet Briar College in Virginia, where she graduated in 1954, she majored in sociology and wrote articles for the Sweet Briar News. After college, she was a reporter for the Delray Beach News, that later merged to become the Delray Beach News-Journal, then moved to Annapolis, where she was a social worker for the Anne Arundel County Board of Public Welfare. For many years, Mrs. Miller was a freelance writer for newspapers and magazines. From 1973 to 1983, she was Lifestyle Editor of the Delray Beach News-Journal, and from 1983 until her retirement in September 1994, she was a feature writer and columnist for the Boca Raton News/The News of Delray Beach. During her journalism career, she won numerous awards for her feature articles and photography. She also was the author of "Rooted in Faith," a history of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Delray Beach, focusing on 1975 through 1998. Her book was a sequel to "From Sapling to Sturdy Oak" written by Cecil and Margoann Farrar. In 2000, she again became a columnist and feature writer for the Boca Raton/Delray Beach News and until shortly before the time of her death, she was a columnist for the Palm Beach Daily News. Mrs. Miller is survived by her daughter, Leslie Fontaine Niles and son-in-law, Michael Niles, of West Palm Beach; son, CAPT. Scott Davidson Miller USN (Ret.) and daughter-in-law, Katherine Miller, of Pine Mountain, GA; daughter, Anne Elizabeth Powell, of Franklin, N.C.; eight grandchildren, Matthew Robert Smith, Sarah Catherine Kajano, Hannah Margaret Niles, Caroline Grace Miller, Andrew Scott Miller, Laura Bethany Powell, Benjamin Robert Powell, and Andrew Scott Powell; and one great grand-child, Brody Jacob Smith. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 13th, 2012, 11 am at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 188 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Lorne & Sons Funeral Home, Delray Beach in charge of arrangements.