Renee Roissier Miller

The 2009/10 Greenback School Yearbook contained the following memorial to Renee. Eight of her nine children are or have been students at Greenback. We are most grateful to Peggy Cagler and the staff at Greenback who chose to remember Renee.

Well, it’s now been a year since my world fell apart.  365 days to get used to the fact that Renee is gone and she’s never coming back. The times when I am either awakened or jarred out of a solitary daze by some guttural, almost inhuman sounds, and then realizing the source of those [...]

This is a much sadder than usual day for me.  Today is my 25th wedding anniversary and my first without my beautiful wife.  My work often took me away from Renee on our anniversary and so we would mark the occasion a week before or after the actual date depending on my schedule.  I have [...]

With rented aerial equipment Jamie and the boys set out to make Mapleshade Farm glow a bright red this year. Here’s a look at their work. How do you think it turned out?

Today, 11/12/2009, marks the 51st anniversary of the birth of a truly great person, Renee Roissier Miller.  It will also be the first time she isn’t here to participate in the event.  In keeping with this country’s tradition of celebrating great people’s lives on the date of their birth I thought I would create a [...]

Renee Slideshow
This slideshow was prepared by Renee’s sister, Suzi Isrealsson of Bethel, Alaska, with some help from Jamie’s sister, Cathie, and her husband, Fred Fagerstrom.   The music includes some of Renee’s favorites and was selected by Joannie.  Variations on this show were played at Renee’s services in Tennessee and the memorial fundraiser in Ocean City. [...]

Renee and I started our life together many years ago in Ocean City so it seems somewhat fitting to say goodbye to her here surrounded by both our families and so many friends. The memories forged on this little island so long ago are still with me and will remain the rest of my life. [...]

A fundraiser-memorial for Renee Roissier Miller, to benefit the Miller Children, was held April 19, 2009  at Seacrets, in Ocean City, MD.
See “Benefit Planned To Help Family With Local Roots” published in the MD Coast Dispatch for more information.

Goodbye, My Renee
While most of us have been to funerals and other memorials, thankfully few of us have much experience in the situation we find ourselves today. I don’t see how the circumstances could be much sadder, but I know with all my heart that Renee wants each of us to celebrate her well-lived life, [...]

On March 4, 2009, Renee Roissier Miller died tragically.
Renee is survived by her husband of 24 years, Jamie Miller, and their nine children. She is survived by her mother, two sisters, brother, four sisters-in-law and their spouses, aunts and uncles and numerous nieces and nephews.
This site will be updated with funeral arrangements as soon as [...]