Person:Vera Miller (3)

Vera Miller, age 18

Vera Miller was the daughter of John Miller and Mary Willis. Vera married Alvin Bastin in March of 1946, in Topeka, Kansas. They had one child: Donald Bastin.

Oral Traditions

Vera Bastin told to Donald Bastin 10/27/1997 I have some memories of my life when I lived in this house (The little house close to the schoolhouse in Brewster). I remember once I found a chocolate bar or candy in the cupboard and I don't know how many times I searched that cupboard for a repeat, but in vain! One day I remember my little brother, Wayne, had cut his elbow on a tin can. Somehow the blame was placed on me for sending him to met the can. To this day, I remember I felt unjustly accused of something I didn't do. And another memory - I wasn't in school yet, but had wandered over to the playground and was on a swing, blissfully ignorant that school was in session. Suddenly this teacher descended on me (Miss McCall), swatted me on the behind and said "You know you aren't supposed to be here." I was one terrified little girl! I think that was a very cruel act.

The house across the tracks in the south part of Brewster.

There is a special memory connected with this part of my life. I will have to put this together as I think it must have happened. There is this little girl (Vera) carrying this quite heavy puppy (for me anyway) to her new home. I remember setting him down by the theater to rest a bit. I must have gotten him home, and I think this must have been "Shep". We must have left him at our old place and I happened to recognize him and brought him home. I have always loved animals.

Obituary

Vera Louise Bastin died this week at the age of 86. At the time of her death she resided in Orange Park, FL. She passed away on November 10th, 2010 at the Hadlow Center for Caring in Jacksonville, FL due to cancer. She was born February 1, 1924 in Brewster, KS to John Miller and Mary Alice Willis. She married Alvin Bastin March 28, 1946 in Topeka, KS, and they were married for 58 years, until Alvin passed away in 2004. She was also proceeded in death by her brothers Harold, Darold, Ray, Gerald and Wayne, and her sisters Alma, Thelma, Freda, and Juanita. Vera worked as a teacher in a one room school house, a legal secretary and as a homemaker. She focused her life on faith and family and was active in ministry to the elderly. She is survived by her son Donald Bastin, her daughter-in-law Kathy Bastin, and her three grandsons Michael, Matthew and Andrew Bastin. Visitation will be held at Lambeth-Troxler funeral home in Greensboro, NC at 6:00 PM Thursday, November 18th. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 19th at 10:00 AM. Internment will take place at Guilford Memorial Gardens. The family thanks Community Hospice of Jacksonville, FL for their compassion and kindness.

Burial

Vera is burried in Guilford Memorial Park in Guilford County, North Carolina.

External Links

[Vera's grave] in www.findagrave.com.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Florida, Duval, Death Certifiacte.
2. ↑ Vera Bastin, in Find A Grave.

   Guilford Memorial Park, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

3.   Vera Louise Bastin. Vera Bastin's Genealogy Notes; 1963 - present.