Gwen Miller
MILLER: Gwen Miller, Passed away peacefully Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. Pre-deceased by her late husband, Felix H. Miller, Maryland, she is survived by sons Andrew and Thomas and daughter-in-law Monica. Fondly remembered by sisters-in-law Barbara Davis and Myrna Miller, nieces Tracy Miller and Jill Davis and nephew Jeffrey Davis. Gwen grew up in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York and was a 1952 graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School, and a 1956 graduate of Hunter College. She taught English in the New York City Schools before moving to Pittsburgh. She started the Young Women’s Event Series at the Ladies Hospital Aid Society at Montefiore and was a case worker at Big Brothers/Sisters. She was the vice president of the Center for Human Development and vice president of the Rodef Shalom Congregation Sisterhood. She was a counselor for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit at Wilkinsburg High School, retiring in 2000. After earning an M.Ed. from the Pitt School of Education, she later actively served on its alumni board. She stayed very active in retirement with friends and family, always organizing events for her book and garden club. She was the unofficial mother of Scope and Scalpel, Pitt Med’s original musical production, having been married to one of the founding members. Her wisdom was often sought by people of all ages and she always knew what to do to help people who were struggling for an answer. In keeping with her expressed wishes, graveside service and interment will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. at West View Cemetery of Rodef Shalom Congregation. Following the Service, there will be a luncheon at Rodef Shalom Temple, 4905 Fifth Avenue, Oakland. Donations in her memory can be sent to the Gwen and Bebe Miller Scope and Scalpel Fund at the Alumni Office at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, M-200 K. Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. www.schugar.com
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