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Millie Harford passed peacefully in her home surrounded by family at sunset on Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

A life-long student, teacher, and artist, Millie was born in Jersey City in 1929 to Ernestine and Joseph Waters. She enjoyed a life based in faith and was quick to make friends.

Majoring in Art History, she graduated from the University of Richmond in 1951. Her love for art and education remained a pillar throughout her life.

The summer after her graduation, Millie met her husband James "Jim" Harford in Manasquan, NJ. Together they embarked on their life's adventure. After marrying in 1952, they spent a year in Paris, France before returning to New Jersey and raising a family in Princeton.

Gentle, funny and kind, Millie loved Princeton and was an active participant in its community. When Millie and Jim completed their long winning streak on Johnny Carson's TV show "Do You Trust Your Wife?" they spent their prize money on throwing Millie's Ball - a huge soiree for all her friends to enjoy.

Millie was a member of many groups including Pretty Brook Tennis Club, Community without Walls, Princeton Contemporary Garden Club, book clubs, and the former Princeton Mini's group that won several Philadelphia Flower Show ribbons.

After receiving her Montessori certification from the pioneering Whitby School in Greenwich, Connecticut, she established Griggstown Montessori in 1961. Along with Peggy McNeil and Mary Murray Garret, she is celebrated as a founding mother of Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart where she taught pre-school for 14 years.  Later on, she volunteered at Ned O'Gorman tuition-free schools in Harlem, NY and Trenton, NJ's Martin House Learning Center.

A docent for 40 years at Princeton University Art Museum, she was also a founding docent at the National Women's Museum in Washington DC.  A painter and poet, Millie always carried a sketchpad and notebook in her bag.  Millie was always enrolled in a course from Bible study to Spanish class to Chinese history to rowing.  She always did her best and loved doing it.  Millie and Jim invite you, to "Enjoy The View" from their bench donated to the D&R Canal State Park at Lake Carnegie opposite where they lived.

She is predeceased by husband James, son Peter, sister, Lois Smith, and is survived by her children; Susan, Jim, Jennifer and Chris, granddaughters; Amanda Harford and Ayla Vo Peacock, great-granddaughter Sydney Jackson, and brother Roger Waters.

A memorial mass is scheduled for February 19, 2022 at 10:00AM at St. Paul Parish, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ followed by a committal service at Princeton Cemetery.  A reception will follow at its conclusion. For more information about the events, including online access, please contact the Kimble Funeral Home at (609) 924-0018, kimblefh@comcast.net , or TheKimbleFuneralHome.com.

Family will be at home receiving friends in the days following services. For details, please contact 609-924-4454 and milharford@gmail.com

In lieu of flowers, suggested donations are welcome, in her name, to Father Tom Hagan's Hands Together in Haiti  (https://www.handstogether.org/), Princeton Senior Services Resource Center ( https://www.princetonsenior.org/ ) or Stuart Country Day School (https://www.stuartschool.org/).