Gail Miller

Gail Brown Miller, 85, as resident of Harrisonburg, Virginia, passed away on Monday, October 5, 2026 at Woodland Park Circle of VMRC.

Mrs. Miller was born on August 6, 1941 in Malden, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of the late David MacGregor Brown and Alexina Seivwright Marshall Brown who were born in Dundee, Scottland.

She grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts. Following graduation from high school in Belmont, she earned a degree from Iowa Weslyn College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Additionally, she graduated from a dietetic internship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Miller became a registered dietitian in 1969 and maintained this status throughout her professional career.

She was employed at health facilities in Illinois, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia.
On September 11, 1965 the deceased married Gordon Wayne Miller of Wellman, Iowa at Plymouth Congregational Church in Belmont, Massachusetts.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her three children. They are Kristina Elizabeth Miller Harless, along with her husband Daniel, and their son, Joshua, and daughter, Morgan of Canal Fulton, Ohio; Karin Laura Lambert of Harrisonburg, Virginia; and John David Miller, along with his wife, Alisha, and their children, Hayden and Callie of West Hartford, Connecticut. Gail was affectionately known as “Gramm” by her grandchildren.

Mrs. Miller’s parents, her brother, David MacGregor Brown of Boston, Massachusetts, and her sister, Jean Marshall Brown of Belmont, Massachusetts preceded her in death. Her parents, brother and sister are buried in Belmont, Massachusetts.
As a first generation American, she was keenly interested in the heritage of her parents adopted country as well as the land of her ancestors. In keeping, with the later, she was a member of Clan Wallace and the Keith Clan Society U.S.A. Her paternal grandmother was a Wallace from Fifeshire, Scotland and her maternal great-grandmother was a Keith from the small town of Meigle, Scotland.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 11 a.m. at the McMullen Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 10 a.m. until 10:45 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Anglicans for Life, 80 Leetsdale Industrial Drive, Suite 301, Leetsdale, PA 15056 or to the Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation, Inc., PO Box 12468, Beaumont, TX 77726-2468.
Interment will be private at a later date in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Joetown, near Wellman, Iowa.

The family offers thanks for the staff who worked with her while at Harman House. This includes the nursing, medical, nursing assistants, and the therapy personal. Your work and dedication for Gail was superb and deeply appreciated.

Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.mcmullenfh.com.

McMullen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.