Irene Miller Searle, 62, Was Devoted to Family

Irene Miller Searle, 62, of Temecula, Calif., formerly of North Attleboro, died on Friday, March 12, in California.

She was the wife of the late Stewart Searle, an Oak Bluffs native, to whom she was married on Jan. 1, 1962 and who died on April 8, 2002.

Born in Central Falls, R.I., on Nov. 25, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Melvin F. and Irene F. (Brehio) Miller of South Attleboro. She resided in North Attleboro for seven years prior to returning to California eight months ago; she had previously resided in Vista, Calif., Attleboro and Oak Bluffs.

Mrs. Searle was a graduate of North Attleboro High School. She was employed as a baker for the Super Farmer Place in Plainville, where she worked for three years prior to retiring in 1997. She was a homemaker dedicated to her children and in later years was devoted also to her grandchildren.

She is survived by a son, Michael Searle of Halifax; two daughters, Kelley J. Ariosta and Leigh Ann Carby of Temecula, Calif.; twin brothers, Albert and Fredrick Miller, both of Colorado; a brother, Charles Miller of Tennessee; five sisters, Alice Cornell of Plainville, Marilyn Charette of Pawtucket, Janice Fontaine of Attleboro, Susan Moreau of Cranston, R.I., and Joanne Turinese of North Attleboro, six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Monday, March 22, in the Commonwealth Chapel of the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home in North Attleboro. Interment followed in the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne. Arrangements are by the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home, 161 Commonwealth avenue, Village of Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro. To send the family an expression of sympathy, visit the online register book at www.dyer-lakefuneralhome.com.