I worked with Nancy for 9 years at the Post-Dispatch, and am deeply shaken by the news of her death. Nancy was not only a friend, but a role model. She was grace under fire. This is one of the most rare and esteemed characteristics – one that I certainly have always struggled with – and one that Nancy so easily embodied.

For years, I watched this classy lady deal with deadline pressures and some seriously frustrating meetings, and I was amazed at how she conducted herself. It didn’t matter if you were new to the paper or had seniority, she listened to everyone’s opinion and addressed everyone with respect. She was a pleasure to work with – a highly organized leader who was a super hard worker and a great collaborator.

Nancy was also a very thoughtful person. Back when my dad died, she didn’t know me that well, yet wrote me a very touching card that really made me feel like I was part of the Post-Dispatch family. When I had a baby shower, she came, and when my work schedule switched to nights, I could always count on Nancy for some conversation and a feeling of comraderie as we both burned the midnight oil. I feel so lucky that right before she left for retirement, I was able to express to her how I felt about her. I remember she had tears in her eyes, and so did I.

I will always remember you Nancy, and will always keep with me the lessons you taught me simply by being yourself – a genuinely nice person.

Nikola Maria Taylor

My sympathies to Nancy’s family on this tragic loss. She was wonderful, and I looked forward to reading whatever she was sharing during her Saturday Lifestyles column. What a terrible loss of life. She will be missed.

I was so shocked to hear this news. I am so very sorry. Ms. Miller was a lovely person as I came to *know* her from her writings over the years. A wonderful spirit has been taken from us. She will be missed very much.

I read about Nancy’s tragic death with deep sadness. My condolences go out to her family. Each week I faithfully read her column and got to feeling like I knew her. I appreciated the warm way she wrote about her family and friends–simple yet hearfelt and sincere. It’s clear she was a wonderful person–that was obvious in her columns, which were a gift for all of us to read.

I am very angry that the parents of the “recent parolee” allowed their vicious, violent son to live in the same tony Chesterfield condo complex where Nancy lived.
Didn’t his parents sense it would be a poor match to bring a man barely a week out of state prisons on a 7-year sentence into the area. The name is Walters.

If the parents are renters, they should be evicted. If owners, the association should force them out. Murder is against condo association rules, no doubt.

Furthermore, did the parents ever consider keeping close tabs on the parolee? Time in prison is like earning a graduate degree in crime, according to most. Were the parents unaware of this? Recidivism is a well known fact.

I am so angry over her murder, by this beast that his parents let out of the cage.

Good work police and neighbors, on identifying him and locking him up.
Now, for the trial.

I know Nancy, and both respect and admire Nancy’s life and work.

I am just sick over the death of Nancy. I did not know her but enjoyed her writings. I am so sorry her family and friends have to go through this. I don’t understand how this sick person could do something like this. I will never understand.

My reading of the comments listed here goes to show what a wonderful person she was.

I didn’t know Nancy Miller or even read her columns in the paper. I have since read the exerpts and I am very impressed. I think it is so unfair for people to be murdered, for any reason at all. This was a person who cared about people and who worked with people. That was what her life was all about. May you rest in peace.

I didn’t know Nancy Miller but I felt like I did. I loved to read her columns. And, yes, on one occassion, she did respond to an email I had sent her. So she was very “real” to me. What a stupid, vicious, random act to end her life. My condolences to her family and all those who knew and loved her.

I worked with Nancy at the Post-Dispatch about 10 years ago. We were on the Teen Marketing Committee together. I enjoyed working with her on a proposed teen section for the paper even though nothing came of our hard work. At the time, I was trying to keep the paper’s high school journalism program alive and she encouraged my efforts. So it didn’t surprise me to read that Nancy was working closely with college journalism students during her retirement.

I am heartbroken that Nancy is no longer with us. She was such a special person who had a kind word for everyone. She was so approachable and easy to talk to. She deserved a long and happy retirement doing all the things she loved.

My thoughts and prayers are with her friends and family as they try to cope with this tragic loss.

The terrible news about Nancy arrived this morning in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
I am completely stunned by the violence done to such a gentle person. Having worked with Nancy for years, I can assure readers that what they read in Nancy’s column was authentic and true. My heart goes out to her family in Arkansas and to her many friends in the entire Post-Dispatch family, present and past.