Friday, March 8, 2013

Mary Ellen Miller, former chairwoman of Miami-Dade GOP, dies

The Miami Herald

Mary Ellen Miller, a revered elder stateswoman in South Florida Republican politics who twice chaired the party in Miami-Dade County, died Wednesday at her Venetian Island home.

She was a dignified, private person who declined to discuss her illness, said Liliana Ros, a longtime GOP committeewoman and friend.

Born in April 1928, Miller was 84. She grew up in Hialeah, where the stretch of Hialeah Drive between Okeechobee Road and LeJeune Road was named Mary Ellen Miller Way in 2008.

Ros helped arrange the naming ? revealed one Sunday after Miller left services at Hialeah?s Faith Lutheran Church ? knowing that Miller might not be pleased because she was ?so humble.??

?She whispered in my ear: ?You will pay for this,??? Ros recalled.

Miller led the party from 1991-1996, and again from 1999-2008, and was a key figure in the Elephant Forum, a South Florida Republican club.

An informal adviser to Republican governors, members of Congress and the Florida Legislature, and local officials, Miller was known for being as discrete as she was connected. It?s said that she never spoke ill of anyone, even Democrats.

?Even after she retired, we still went to her,?? said Ros. ?She knew everything: state laws, party laws. She was very gentle, sweet. She had no ego, and that in politics that is very unusual...She would get upset if you praised her.??

Miller is survived by her husband, Duane Miller, a daughter and two sons, according to Ros, who said that the family preferred not to comment for an obituary.

Memorial service arrangements are pending.

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/07/3272439/mary-ellen-miller-former-chairwoman.html

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