Bernice "Bunny" (Miller) Gomes of Reading passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on November 26, 2015 at the age of 96.
She is the daughter of the late Norwood A. Miller and the late Florabelle J. (Smith) Miller.
Beloved wife of the late John Gomes. Devoted mother of Karen Vars and her husband,
Arthur of Reading, John D. Gomes and his wife Barbara of Townsend and
Judith M. Erickson of Cambridge.
Cherished sister of Alison Burke of Melrose, the late Barbara Athern, and the late Phyllis Brennan, her identical twin sister.
She is also survived by her treasured niece and nephews, Lesley Ormonde and her husband Henry of Wayland, Ronald Brennan and his wife Leslie of Beverly, Jacob Burke of Berlin, Jordan Burke and his wife Kate of Cambridge and Alexander Burke of Melrose.
She is the proud Nana to 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
She was the dear friend of Mary E. Baldwin of Reading.
Bunny was blessed with many other precious friendships over her 96 years
Bunny graduated from Melrose High School in 1939. She worked at the
Cambridge Court House in the Department of the Registry of Deeds where she
met her husband, John.
She was employed at Winchester Hospital as a Unit Clerk and later, in the
department of Medical Records retiring in the early 1970's.
She volunteered at Boston Regional Hospital in Administration for several years
until the hospital closed.
Bunny was a woman of strong faith in the Lord. Over the years she was a
member of the Green Street Baptist Church in Melrose, The Baptist Church in
Reading and the Baptist Church in No. Reading, now Trinity Evangelical. She
taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School, participated in couples groups,
Bible Studies, prayer groups and "Keenagers". She loved life and lived it to the
fullest right up to the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held at the Trinity Evangelical Church 105 Haverhill St. North Reading on Wednesday, December 2, at 11:00am. Burial will follow at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody. Visiting hours will be Tuesday evening from 4-8pm at the Douglass, Edgerley and Bessom Funeral Home 25 Sanborn St. (corner of Woburn St.) Reading.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to Place of Promise,
P.O. Box 1132, Lowell MA 01853 or World Gospel Mission, 3783 East State Road
18, P.O. Box 948 Marion, Indiana 46952-0948 earmarked for the Crognale Family.
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