Sydney Miller

An evening Funeral Service for well known Lander area resident, Sydney Miller will be at the chapel of Mount Hope, Hudson's Funeral Home beginning at 7:00pm on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Following the service Syd will be returned to her home of Cazenovia, New York for services and burial in the family plot in Evergreen Cemetery. She died in the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming on September 24, 2010.

Sydney Alba Miller was born to Sidney M. and Dolores Teeter October 30, 1933 in New York. She attended schools in Massapequa, N. Y. and was a , 1950 graduate of Amityville High School. She entered the Cazenovia College for Women, graduating with a degree in business administration in 1953. She married George William Miller November 7, 1953.

She worked for nearly twenty years in management of a dairy product export company in New York.

The couple made the move west, coming to Lander on Christmas Eve of 1973. They ranched the Barber, Pine Bar Ranch for four years. Syd worked at Bishop Randall Hospital, where she designed and initiated the "Patient Admission" procedures for the hospital....retiring in 1991. George died October 14, 1986.

Syd loved the outdoors...hiking in the mountains, playing golf, rock hunting and exploring new places in the Wyoming that she loved.

A devout lover of animals, dogs in particular, Syd started the "Dare to Care Animal League" which was later to become the "Lander Pet Connection" which is registered with the State Of Wyoming as an animal rescue group. Continuing her work on behalf of animals Syd taught dog obedience classes, became a certifier for Therapy Dogs, Inc. Her own dogs are in the Wyoming Animal Hall of Fame, being recognized for their service. Many will recall the joy and comfort Syd and her Goldens brought to elderly nursing home and hospital patients, and the many children who learned responsible pet care through school visits... Hundreds of dogs and cats are enjoying safe homes through the efforts of the Lander Pet Connection.

She is a past matron of Neowahga Chapter 419 Order of Eastern Star and life time member of the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia, N. Y.

She is survived by several nephews, her beloved dog companions, and a multitude of close friends.

Memorial Donations may be mailed directly to the Lander Pet Connection, PO Box 854, Lander, WY 82520.