Obituary for Anne Bullard Millham (Bullard)
On October 28, 2022, one week after her 85th birthday, Anne (Bullard) Millham died peacefully at the Residence at Brookside in Avon. She was predeceased by her husband of 40 years, Richard (Dick) Millham. Born in Schenectady, NY to the late Robert O. and Marguerite Wilson Bullard, Anne was the second of four children and caring sister to the late Marguerite (Peggy) Bullard of Weston, MA, Robert O. Bullard, Jr. of Marlborough, MA, and Betty Jane (Bullard) Anderson of Newark, DE.
Anne was, as her family put it, a “professional volunteer,” going back to her days in Schenectady and working at Sunnyview Rehabilitation while she was at Nott Terrace High School. After Nott Terrace, she went to Smith College and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and a job offer from Pfizer in New York City. However, she chose to marry her sweetheart Dick in July 1959 and taught at a local elementary school while he was stationed at Ft. Devens, MA. They relocated to Bremerhaven, Germany late in 1960 when Dick was assigned to the Port of Embarkation there and lived there until 1963, when they moved to Granby, CT.
They moved to West Simsbury in 1968 and this is where Anne really began her volunteer career. Over her nearly 50 years in Simsbury, she was active in the Junior League of Hartford, Simsbury Garden Club, The Roaring Brook Nature Center and the Children’s Museum in West Hartford, McLean’s Hospice Program, several groups within St. Catherine of Siena Church, and probably many, many other groups and organizations that her children just can’t remember any more. We do remember and celebrate that Anne was a member of one of the first groups of lay people to be commissioned as an Extraordinary Minister in the Hartford Archdiocese in the 1970s.
Anne was a Certified Master Gardener and she and Dick gradually turned their backyard from a “ballyard for the kids” into a beautiful park-like atmosphere with multiple flower gardens. One of the many things that will live on is her love of gardening, which she passed on to all three of her children.
Anne was the loving mother and mother-in-law of Marguerite (Meg) Warner and John Warner of Charlottesville, VA, Robert Millham and Michele Millham of Guilford, CT, and Mary Helen Millham of Weatogue, CT, and the adoring grandmother of Marguerite Leigh (Warner) Yarboro of Charlottesville, VA and Gregory H. Warner of Epping, NH.
We will be celebrating Anne and her wonderful life with calling hours at Vincent Funeral Home, 880 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT on Friday, November 11 from 4pm to 7pm, and a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 265 Stratton Brook Road, West Simsbury, CT at 10am Saturday, November 12, with burial to follow at Simsbury Cemetery.
The family wants to thank everyone at The Residence at Brookside in Avon for the extraordinary care and compassion they showed Anne. Over the last six years that truly became her home and so many of the associates became part of Anne’s family. We are so grateful for the knowledge she was so well cared for.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you please consider a donation to The Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, CT, as that was a place and a mission that was very important to Anne for over 50 years. Please visit Anne’s Book of Memories at www.vincentfuneralhome.com for online tributes.
Anne was, as her family put it, a “professional volunteer,” going back to her days in Schenectady and working at Sunnyview Rehabilitation while she was at Nott Terrace High School. After Nott Terrace, she went to Smith College and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and a job offer from Pfizer in New York City. However, she chose to marry her sweetheart Dick in July 1959 and taught at a local elementary school while he was stationed at Ft. Devens, MA. They relocated to Bremerhaven, Germany late in 1960 when Dick was assigned to the Port of Embarkation there and lived there until 1963, when they moved to Granby, CT.
They moved to West Simsbury in 1968 and this is where Anne really began her volunteer career. Over her nearly 50 years in Simsbury, she was active in the Junior League of Hartford, Simsbury Garden Club, The Roaring Brook Nature Center and the Children’s Museum in West Hartford, McLean’s Hospice Program, several groups within St. Catherine of Siena Church, and probably many, many other groups and organizations that her children just can’t remember any more. We do remember and celebrate that Anne was a member of one of the first groups of lay people to be commissioned as an Extraordinary Minister in the Hartford Archdiocese in the 1970s.
Anne was a Certified Master Gardener and she and Dick gradually turned their backyard from a “ballyard for the kids” into a beautiful park-like atmosphere with multiple flower gardens. One of the many things that will live on is her love of gardening, which she passed on to all three of her children.
Anne was the loving mother and mother-in-law of Marguerite (Meg) Warner and John Warner of Charlottesville, VA, Robert Millham and Michele Millham of Guilford, CT, and Mary Helen Millham of Weatogue, CT, and the adoring grandmother of Marguerite Leigh (Warner) Yarboro of Charlottesville, VA and Gregory H. Warner of Epping, NH.
We will be celebrating Anne and her wonderful life with calling hours at Vincent Funeral Home, 880 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT on Friday, November 11 from 4pm to 7pm, and a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 265 Stratton Brook Road, West Simsbury, CT at 10am Saturday, November 12, with burial to follow at Simsbury Cemetery.
The family wants to thank everyone at The Residence at Brookside in Avon for the extraordinary care and compassion they showed Anne. Over the last six years that truly became her home and so many of the associates became part of Anne’s family. We are so grateful for the knowledge she was so well cared for.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you please consider a donation to The Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, CT, as that was a place and a mission that was very important to Anne for over 50 years. Please visit Anne’s Book of Memories at www.vincentfuneralhome.com