June Miller

22 June 1942 - 25 March 2026

June Miller was a woman of fierce intelligence and unconditional love, married to the late David Miller, beloved mother of Sean and the late Caia Miller, and devoted sister of Rose-Marie Batley and the late Mary Davis, Ed Laushway, and Susan Laushway.

June grew up on her grandfather's farm in Spencerville, graduated from Queen's with a major in mathematics and a minor in French, and lived afterwards in England and Montreal and Ottawa. She enjoyed a long career in IT, solving problems and making friends. She met David when he arrived in Montreal and took her course: it was she who taught him all about computers.

She formed lasting friendships easily and was generous with her time. She will be dearly missed by Joce Blad, Lorna Stoddart and Anne Leger, good friends until the end: June met Joce over 30 years ago at work; Lorna and Anne were in the group of friends who rose at 5am to walk around Blackburn Hamlet to talk and set the world to rights for 25 years.

June loved mystery novels and music: she would reliably sing along when music was playing, and earlier this month was gleefully bopping around in her seat at an Aretha Franklin tribute concert. She also enjoyed bridge and cryptic crosswords.

June will be missed by her many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, children of friends, and by Jana Galanska, her caregiver and friend for the last year and a half.

There was a rally for unity when both of her children were out of the country and could not attend, though we wanted to. June said, "It doesn't matter, I'm going, and I'll have both of you with me regardless." Well, that runs both ways: we will also always have her with us, with her intelligence, love and generosity of spirit. Thank goodness.

We are grateful to the staff at Venvi Windsor Park for looking after Mom these last few months, and to the staff at the General Hospital for their gentle care this last week.

A celebration of June's life will take place at Beechwood Cemetery around her birthday, 22 June. Details to follow.