Annette Loretta (Miller) Sallet

Annette Loretta (Miller) Sallet was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1939 to Isadore Miller and Bessie (Chasin) Miller. She was surrounded by her children when she passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020.

Annette grew up in Dorchester, MA and graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art. She married the late Matthew William Sallet, beginning her journey as devoted wife and loving, strong and caring mother to Sharlene Rayna Sallet, Ronald Marshall Sallet and his wife Debora Sallet, Bethany Caryn Roy and her husband Danny William Roy and grandmother to Samantha, Jessica, and Kaitlyn Sallet, Julia and Tyler Roy. She is the sister to Eleanor Miller Borr and the late Janice Miriam Miller Leavitt.

Annette valued her family more than anything. She doted on her 5 grandchildren attending their band concerts, dance recitals, sporting events, graduation and more. Distance didn't stop her from connecting with family, she would email, FaceTime, and text. Annette was traditional and loved making and delivering food for others to enjoy. If she knew that you liked something in particular, she would be sure to have it when you came to visit or bring it with her when she visited you. Family favorites included American Chop Suey, Chicken Soup, Beef Stew, Lasagna, Giblet Soup, Vegetarian Barley Soup and Cornflake stuffing. She and her sister, Eleanor, made the most delicious Éclair Cake. She especially loved treating her children to their favorite restaurant, treats and sweets. The cats would follow her around because she enjoyed giving them treats!

Annette studied art, taking classes throughout her adult life for the simple joy of creating art for herself and others. She branched out to different styles of life paintings in the art world with oil paint, acrylic paint, ink, pastels, and watercolor with subject matter in advertisement, water, clouds, Chinese origin, animals, and her favorite subject overall were Flowers of all kinds.

Annette love both vegetable and flower gardening. When her children were young, she would grow zucchini the size of baseball bats to make zucchini bread, tomatoes plentiful to make homemade spaghetti sauce, and juicy blackberries. She loved concord grapes and grew vines to form a Sukkah And would hold festivals with the neighbors at Sukkot. she enjoyed being outdoors and pulling weeds to make sure they didn't overtake any garden that she visited.

Annette loved all animals. She loved watching the wild birds from her kitchen window; She would buy bird seed and go out rain or shine, or stomp through the snow to make sure they had food. She made sure the family house pets were fed before we sat down to eat our dinner because they could not help themselves. Mom had a special love for cats, although we had a rabbit, cat, dog, fish, gerbils and mice growing up as well. Mom was not the biggest fan of dogs, however, she would take Ron’s dog for walks when she visited him to help out. When visiting bath, she enjoyed picking dandelions in the yard for her rabbit, Snowball, because he loves dandelions.

Annette was a talented seamstress. She would alter a pair of pants, sew clothes and repair stuffed animals. When Beth was young, Annette outfitted her doll with a wardrobe of fancy dresses that she made herself! When her grandchildren needed a costume, she helped make it come to fruition, she helped make pillowcases for her grandchildren because we couldn't find long pillowcases that had fun children designs game.

Annette had so many talents and touched so many lives within the community, lifelong friends, family, extended family, neighbors, and everyone that mat her because she always tried to offer a helping hand.

Graveside services are private. In lieu of flowers, remembrance donations may be made to:

Animal rescue League of Boston, 10 Chandler Street, Boston, MA 02116, https://www.arlboston.org or

Natick Council on Aging, 117 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760