WAYNE J MILLER SR, 77, DIED NOVEMBER 21, 2021, IN MADEIRA BEACH FLORIDA, WHERE HE HAD RESIDED SINCE 2005. HE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 8, 1944 IN NORTH CHARLEROI TO THE LATE ELENOR AND WILLIAM. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MARGARET (ANTHONY) MILLER,TWO SONS, WAYNE MILLER JR AND TROY (DIANE) MILLER, ONE DAUGHTER, DENISE LENZI (AL) STEP SON, VANCE (ANNE) WILSON, GRANDCHILDREN,TEAYL, TYLER, JOSHUA (IRIS), HAYLEY, KRISI (JUSTIN), ADAM AND AVERY, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, RHETT AND RYATT and NIECE LORI.WAYNE GRADUATED FROM MON VALLEY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND IMMEDIATELY JOINED THE NAVY. WAYNE WORKED WITH HIS DAD AS MASONRY FOR MANY YEARS AND EVENTUALLY ENDED UP AT CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PA. AFTER ACHIEVING HIS ASSOCIATE, BACHELOR AND MASTER DEGREES AT CAL U., HE WAS HIRED AS THEIR DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATOR OF OFF CAMPUS HOUSING. WAYNE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING A DEDICATED COMMITTEE AND SPEARHEADED THE CONSTRUCTION AND FORMATION OF THE NORTH CHARLEROI VETERANS WAR MEMORIAL. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT TO FLORIDA, HE WAS HIRED AT THE BAY PINES VA MEDICAL FACILTY IN THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION OFFICE AND WORKED THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE ALSO OBTAINED HIS FLORIDA REALTOR’S LICENSE. HE WAS AN AVID PITTSBURGH STEELERS FAN. HE WAS ALSO A PAST COMMANDER AND LIFE TIME MEMBER OF THE CHARLEROI AMERICAN LEGION, POST 22.
IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS YOUNGEST SON SCOTT AND HIS SISTER, LINDA PETERS.
ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE HANDLED BY CATHOLIC FUNERAL CARE AND WAYNE WILL BE BURIED AT THE BAY PINES VA NATIONAL CEMETERY IN ST PETERSURG, FL WITH A FULL MILITARY HONOR GUARD.
DONATIONS MAY BE MADE IN WAYNE’S NAME TO THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERISTY OF PENNSYLVANIA FOUNDATION, P.O. BOX 668, CALIFORNIA, PA 15419.
