Warren A. Miller, M.D., MASH unit; awarded Bronze star
Dr. Warren Alton Miller, 93, died, after a stroke, Sept. 12, 2018, at Moravian Village, where he resided. Born in Bath, he was a son of the late William Abraham and Lillian Freeda (Fehnel) Miller. He was the husband of Anna Jane (Schisler) Miller for 70 years.
He attended Bath schools, Northampton HS and Ursinus College. He was a 1947 graduate from Jefferson Medical College, now known as Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
He was, for two years, in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, where he was a Battalion Surgeon and served in a MASH unit near Seoul. He received the bronze star for meritorious service while training Korean doctors and medical personnel.
After an internship and residency at St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, he began a 33 year family practice at 1220 Broadway, Fountain Hill, in 1948. He, for the next 10 years, his son, Dr. William L. Miller, Dr. Dale Grove and Dr. Michael Abgott formed South Mountain Family Practice in a new building in Fountain Hill. He was chairman of the Concentrated Care Unit at St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem campus for 12 years. He retired in 1991.
He was on the board of directors and was a president of Blue Heron Lake, Pike County. He and his wife wrote and published “A History of Blue Heron Lake” in 2004.
He was a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians and the Northampton County Medical Society. He was a guarantor of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. He was a member of the Pennsylvania German Society. He was chairman of the building committee for St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fountain Hill, and was on the renovations committee of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Dingman’s Ferry. He played French horn and trumpet. He was anchor of the Pennsylvania five-man skeet squad that won a title at the World Skeet Shooting Championships in St. Janvier, Canada, in 1962.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, William Lloyd (Deborah Riffee) of Allentown and grandson, Ethan Lloyd Miller (Kathryn Boverman) of Greene, Maine and great grandson, Loren Miller Boverman and granddaughter, Lindsay Marianna Miller of Allentown; a daughter, Marianna Beth Tlush (Anthony P.) of Bethlehem and grandson, Charles Warren Werley of San Jose, Calif. and granddaughter, Susanna Jane Werley of San Diego, Calif.; and a son, Andrew Warren of Bethlehem.
He was predeceased by a sister, Shirley Ethelyn Paulus of Bethlehem.
Contributions may be made to Christ Lutheran Church, Hellertown, for the Community Garden Memorial Fund, c/o the funeral home, 2119 Washington Ave., Northampton, 18067.
Arrangements were made by Schisler Funeral Home Inc., Northampton.