Millie was born to the late George and Verna Strickland on Saturday, December 12, 1931, in Burbank, Missouri and passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2024, in St. Louis, Missouri. Dear sister of Kathryn Davenport, Carole (Wendell) Cohoon, Sharon Whitener, Donald (Debbie) Strickland and the late William “Bill” Strickland, Samuel Strickland, Odessa Yates, Franklin “Bud” Strickland, Robert “Bob” Strickland, Barbara Hodgins and Roger Strickland. Our dear aunt, great aunt, cousin and friend to many.
Millie worked at the Salad Bowl Cafeteria for 53 years and then started at the St. Louis Crisis Nursery. She was a longtime member of Maplewood Baptist Church.
SERVICES: Visitation at Kutis Affton Chapel (10151 Gravois Road Affton, Missouri 63123) on Saturday, October 12, 11:00 a.m. until the funeral service at 12:00 noon. Interment Union Grove Camp Eight Cemetery (Greenville, Missouri). Pallbearers serving include Josh Strickland, Tim Whitener, Brandon Downey, Carl Brewer, Leon Davenport and Mike Strickland. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Crisis Nursery of St. Louis appreciated.
Winston Churchill once said, we make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. If that’s true, then Millie has had a very rewarding life indeed.
Saying I am sorry is not enough. I know she will be greatly missed. Millie was always so sweet and cheerful, just an angel. Fly high sweet angel!
Grandma Millie was an incredible supporter of the Crisis Nursery. She was a ray of sunshine to the children and staff and we will miss her very much!
Millie Newton was my dear friend whom I developed a close friendship with during a rainstorm while im a checkout lane at Aldi’s. I only knew her for a few yrs but we had
a lot in common. She had the most cheerful disposition and the greatest positive outlook of snyone I’ve ever known. She was surrounded by her big loving family of many generations and I was fortunate to be invited to share their company. Loved by all and truly missefd
Millie was a firecracker! I met her at the St. Louis Crisis Nursery where I volunteered on Fridays. She loved those babies and the children gravitated to her. She not only held them, but bathe them, fed them, changed their diapers, helped cook lunch and clean up dishes, and did laundry and folded clothes and put them away. Even though in her 80’s, she worked cheerfully and tirelessly . She had to take one or two buses to get to the crisis Nursery on Gravois early in the morning and went home late afternoon (rain or shine, cold or blazing hot, Millie showed up. She only quit when she fell down steps and broke her neck, but surprisingly to everyone, after she recuperated, she came back because she missed the children and the seeing the volunteers. She would call and check on me when she didn’t hear from me to make sure I was okay. She has earned her wings in heaven!😇 .Rest in Peace Millie!🙏