evening, April 25, 2005 at the Valley Regional Hospital.
She was a native and life long resident of Claremont, NH, born on August 1,
1917 the daughter of Omer J. and Annie Elizabeth (O'Gara) Dansereau.
Geraldine was a graduate of Stevens High School in the Class of 1935 and
Middlebury College in the Class of 1940. She started teaching school in
Milton, VT High School and came to Stevens High School and taught in the
science department. For eight years she was the music supervisor for all the
elementary public schools in Claremont and retired in 1978 from Way School
where she taught 6th grade for eight years.
Geraldine was a communicant of St Mary Church, a very active member of the
Stevens High School Alumni Association where she was on the Board of
Directors and held other alumni positions throughout the years. She played
the piano at the annual alumni banquets. She was a member of the Sullivan
County and the Local and State Retired Teachers Association, a volunteer at
Valley Regional Hospital, Maple Avenue and Middle School Orchestras and the
Springfield Adult-Youth Orchestras. She also was a chairman of the American
Red Cross Blood Program, a Ward I checklist supervisor and secretary of the
Congress of Claremont Senior Citizens. She enjoyed playing the piano and
violin, loved her cat, Bootsie, and followed the Boston sports teams with
enthusiasm.
She was the widow of Morey C. Miles whom she married on December 30, 1942.
He died June 16, 1996.
The surviving family includes, three sons, John C. Miles and his wife, Rotha
of Bellingham, WA, James M. Miles and his wife, Bonnie of Claremont and Richard C. Miles and his wife, Linda of East Lansing, MI; six grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Paul (Frances) Lovejoy of
Rockaway, NJ also nieces and nephews.
She was pre-deceased by one son, Robert E. Miles in 1955 and one sister,
Mrs. Carl (Mary) Howard in 2004.
Friends may call at the Stringer Funeral Home, 146 Broad Street on Thursday
afternoon and evening from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, April 29th at Eleven
O'clock in St Mary Church with Rev. Father Shawn M. Therrien, Pastor,
officiating. Interment will follow in St Mary Cemetery.
The family suggest that donations may be made in her memory to the American
Red Cross, NH West Chapter, 83 Court Street, Keene, NH or Stevens High
School Alumni Association, P.O. Box 710, Claremont, NH 03743.