Caroline Anne Miller-Woodbury, 62, of Newcastle, went home with the Lord on July 31. Her husband, Timothy, and their children were at her side.
Caroline, the daughter of Roger and Ellen L.L. Miller of Waldoboro and Eastport, was born in Damariscotta on Nov. 22, 1946. From an early age, Caroline instilled a marvelous and contagious devotion to family and community.
During her Uncle Frederick G. Payne’s run for Governor of Maine in 1948, she displayed her zeal for assisting family and neighbors on the campaign trail at the age of two. She became the darling and beloved visitor of The Blaine House and the Capitol across the street during Payne’s two terms as governor. She was frequently part of the first family gatherings at The Blaine House and on the campaign trail during Payne’s successful bids for re-election as governor and election to the U.S. Senate.
After attending the Miller School and Lincoln Academy, she followed her passion of caring for people at the West Virginia University School of Nursing. She spent many years working in hospitals and private duty nursing in West Virginia and Maine.
Caroline was also the founder and president of Woodbury & Associates, a company that provided cleaning and maintenance services to local hospitals, doctor’s offices, banks and summer houses in Lincoln County. She played the clarinet and piano. She was an avid gardener and gourmand. She took great joy riding the Harley that she shared with her husband.
She fulfilled the most special title of “Nana” to Nicholas, Megan, Emily, Derick, Christopher, Jessica, Jennifer, Tyler, Cameron, Mathew, Christina, Jay, Adam, Joshua, Gwendolyn, and Nathan.
She was predeceased by her father, Roger, and daughter-in-law, Patricia Bryant Woodbury.
She is survived by her mother, Ellen; husband and childhood sweetheart, Timothy Woodbury of Newcastle; sons, Brian and wife Mary of Washington, D.C. and Jefferson, Frederick and Sharon of Newcastle, and Kenneth of Florida; daughters, Cindy of New Jersey, Ellen Katherine Woodbury of Damariscotta, and Sarah of Wisconsin; sisters, Mary Ellen Miller Nicoll and husband Gordon of Newcastle, and Marjory Katherine Miller Walters and husband Ronald Hedley Walters of Norwich, Conn.; brother, John H. Miller II of Eastport and Nadi, Fiji Islands; many special, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins including Mary Ella Payne of Jefferson, Frederick G. Payne II of Camden, Robert and Nancy Pagles of Boston, Mass., Marion Pagles of Boston, Mass., Andrew Leighton of Falmouth Foreside, Katy Leighton Keene of Kennebunkport, Bud Nicoll of Orlando, Fla., Thomas Nicoll of Orlando, Fla., and Jackson Nicoll of Orlando, Fla., Peter Nicoll of Washington, D.C., Jonathan Miller of Vernon, Conn.; and uncles, Thomas Leighton and wife Shirley of Falmouth Foreside, and Porter Leighton and wife Patricia of Naples and Eastport.
Funeral service with communion 2 p.m., Fri., Aug. 7 at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Newcastle. Caroline was baptized and confirmed at St. Andrews and sang in the choir there. Reception will follow at the home of her sister, Mary Ellen Miller Nicoll, on the Mills Road in Newcastle.
Caroline requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the St. Andrews Outreach.
Online condolences may be made at www.directcremationofmaine.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to Direct Cremation of Maine, Belfast.
