In Loving Memory
Anna Miller
"Anya"
1932 - 2024
Anna Miller
"Anya"
1932-2024
Aged 92
Born in Boston, Massachusetts · Passed in Cambridge, Massachusetts
A Note
Updated June 7, 2026
She did not seek to be remembered. She sought, every single day, to be useful - to her students, her family, her neighbors. She taught music to thousands of children over forty years and called nearly all of them by name when they grew up and waved to her at the supermarket.
She made everyone she met feel slightly more interesting than they were. She read every book in the local library at least twice. She believed quietly that the world is heavy enough, and that we should each try to make it a little lighter, when we can.
She passed quietly in the late morning, without fuss, as she had lived.
A Life
Milestones
1932
September 1
Born in Boston, the only daughter of Polish immigrants.
1950
June 15
Graduates from Boston Latin School, second in her class.
1954
May 30
Bachelor's in Music from Wellesley College.
1955
June 12
Marries Daniel Miller at Temple Israel.
1957
March 8
Daughter Ruth is born.
1962
November 19
Daughter Sarah is born.
1968
September 1
Begins teaching music in the Boston Public Schools.
1985
April 30
Receives the Excellence in Teaching award.
2008
June 30
Retires after forty years of teaching.
2024
September 3
Passes peacefully at home in Cambridge, age 92.
Light a Candle
In their memory
8 visitors
- Yos Verde
- reni Godfrey
- Hannah & David
- Eli, your student from 1976
- The Boston Public Schools Music Dept.
- Daniel Jr.
- Sarah Cohen-Miller
- Ruth Miller
lit a candle
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