DATE: Sunday, April 20, 1997                TAG: 9704200017

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CLAIRE T. MILLER

Mrs. Claire Tyler Miller, 74, of the 700 block of Foreman Lane died in the Pungo District Hospital, Belhaven, Saturday, April 19, 1997.

Mrs. Miller was born in Leverett, Mass., on Sept. 25, 1922, the daughter of the late F. Raymond Tyler and Elizabeth Adams Tyler. She was a graduate of Amherst High School and was employed as an operator with the Western Union Co. during World War II.

Mrs. Miller was a member of the Mother of Mercy Catholic Church, Washington, and was very active in civic and community affairs of Belhaven, especially the Pungo District Hospital, where she served as a volunteer and also with Belhaven Shepherds Staff organization.

She was married to Joseph T. Miller in June 1942. Her husband survives, along with a daughter, Kathleen S. Kastner of Salinas, Calif.; four sons, Joseph T. Miller Jr. of Virginia Beach, Michael A. Miller of Goose Creek, S.C., James T. Miller of Granite Quarry, N.C., and Peter P. Miller of Ridgeway, Va.; 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; brother, George Tyler of New Bern; and a sister, Grace Zebert of Vernon Center, N.Y. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Claire Elizabeth Miller, in 1980.

A Funeral Mass will be held in Mother of Mercy Catholic Church, Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 1997, at 11 a.m. conducted by the Rev. Donald Baribeau. Burial will be in Belhaven Community Cemetery, Belhaven.

Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends at Paul Funeral Home, Belhaven, today from 7 to 9 p.m. and at Paul Funeral Home, Washington, Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. with a prayer service at 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to to the Mother of Mercy Catholic Church Building Fund, 112 W. Ninth St., Washington, N.C. 27889 or to the Shepherds Staff, Belhaven, N.C. 27810. Paul Funeral Home, Washington and Belhaven, is in charge. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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