Barton Huntington Miller died at 89 on April 20, 2025 Easter Day, peacefully in his sleep after a lengthy illness. Known to all as Bart, he lived a wonderful life filled with family, friends, dogs, travel, and the outdoors. After graduating from the Westminster School, he entered Yale. He soon joined and sang for the Whiffenpoofs which was the beginning of a lifelong love of music and singing. It was not long before he met Marnie Becker who was attending Connecticut College. The two married their senior year and spent their honeymoon traveling through Europe with his fellow Whiffenpoofs. Bart had a career in banking, starting in New Haven and New York, and later wealth management at Alex. Brown and Sons in Wilmington, Delaware.
After retirement, they moved to his family farm in Lee, Massachusetts. They continued to travel together to far-flung corners of the world. Bart always had a fly rod in his hand, the lighter the better, and a cuban cigar discretely tucked into his pocket. To avoid the cold Berkshire winters, they spent many of them in New Zealand, fishing and hiking as they drove from one end of the islands to the other. Other notable destinations included family safaris to Africa, fishing in Scotland, driving across America, bush flying in Quebec and Labrador, and hiking in South America. His favorite fishing was in the canyons of the Smith River in Montana. Bart’s love of the arts and music continued to flourish while singing with his 1958 Whiffenpoofs and spending Sunday afternoons perched in a folding chair, New York Times in hand, listening to the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood.
Bart’s greatest joy was his family. He taught his two daughters Martha and Perry to bird watch, fish, hunt, golf and to love and respect the great outdoors. Later, the arrival of four grandsons provided him with the opportunity to share that passion with them as well. His grandsons often sought his wise counsel when it came to fishing, sport, education, career and love.
Bart served on numerous boards and served others with great joy. He spent several decades working with the mentally disadvantaged at Gould Farm in Massachusetts. He had a tremendous impact on many young people in the Berkshires where he often introduced them to fishing and nature.
Barton Huntington Miller was born in 1936, to Imogene Perkins Miller and Robbins Huntington Miller in New Haven. He attended the Westminster School and Yale University. He served as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps. He is survived by his wife Marnie to whom he was married 67 years, his daughters Perry and Martha, and his four grandsons. He was predeceased by his brother Timothy Miller. Services will be private, and in lieu of flowers gifts can be made in his name to Trout Unlimited (tu.orgDONATE).
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