Jane-Rae Millard

August 29, 2011

Jane-Rae (Zimmerman) Millard, 85, died peacefully Monday, August 29, 2011, at home in Pennswood Village in Newtown. A resident of Newtown since 1955, Mrs. Millard graduated from Kingston High School and Wilson College, Chambersburg. She received a master's degree from Trenton State College. After several years in the administration at Bucks County Community College, she served many years as Executive Director of several YWCA branches, including Langhorne and Kensington in Philadelphia. She also wrote for the Delaware Valley Advance. A central tenet of Mrs. Millard's life, a focus of both her career and her volunteer work, was to empower and support women in crisis. She served on the boards of Soroptimists and Liberté, a residential drug and alcohol program for women and their families, and was a longtime supporter of and activist for Planned Parenthood of Bucks County and NOVA, the Network of Victims' Assistance. She served Newtown Friends Meeting in various capacities throughout her life, including longtime member and Clerk of the Meeting. Jane-Rae was the wife of Ernest H. Millard from 1947 until his death in 1993. She will be missed by her seven children, Martha, of New York, N.Y.; Tracy Loe, of Arvada, Colo.; Jeanette, of Acton, Mass.; Davis, of New Tripoli; Ellen Krajewski, of Liberty; Duggan, of Boston, Mass., and Benjamin, of Riegelsville; and by her 10 grandchildren, Evangeline, Gabriel, Hai, Ian, Jacquie, Jane, Lucy, Peta, Rae, and Vinca. A concert in memory of Jane-Rae's life will be held at Pennswood Village, 1382 Langhorne Newtown Road, Newtown, at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 6, 2011. Light refreshments will be served. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mrs. Millard's memory can be made to the following organizations; Planned Parenthood of Bucks County, 610 Louis Dr., Warminster, PA 18974-2828, www.ppbucks.org ; or NOVA, 2370 York Road, Ste. B1, Jamison, PA 18929, www.novabucks.org . Arrangements are under the direction of the Swartz/Givnish Funeral Home, Newtown. 215-968-3891. To share your fondest memory of Jane-Rae, please visit www.lifecelebration.com . 1-800-GIVNISH.