Edith Dressel Miller

I thought the sun rose in your eyes.

And the moon and the stars

were the gifts you gave”

— Ewan MacColl

Beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, family member and friend, Edith passed away on Wednesday, August 11th, 2021. A graduate of Cleveland Heights High and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in NYC, Edith’s dream was to travel to Los Angeles to work in the motion picture business. As luck would have it, her chaperone became engaged right before the cross-country sojourn. Edith created a starring role for herself in Cleveland instead, meeting and marrying the love of her life (Ted Miller), building a wonderful life with her three children, becoming the President and Owner of Miller & Clarke Interiors, Inc, serving on the board of the Women’s Committee at the Cleveland Institute of Music, being a longstanding member of the Leadership Circle at the Cleveland Museum of Art and also a very active and beloved member of the Print Club of Cleveland since 1975. In later years, one of her greatest joys was picking a promising incoming dental student at Case Western Reserve School of Dentistry to receive a full 4-year scholarship under the Robert P. Dressel Memorial Scholarship in honor of her father, a Professor of Dentistry there. Edith leaves a legacy of creativity, strength, courage, philanthropy, generosity, and marching to the beat of her own drummer. She was the daughter of the late Robert Phillip Dressel and the late Jane Lind Stephenson; younger sister of the late Betty Jane Schaefer; wife of the late Lester Theodore (“Ted”) Miller; mother of the late Steven Dressel Miller, Lester Theodore (“Tim”) Miller, Jr. (Rae) and Betty Jean (“B.J.”) Miller (Marty); grandmother of Jamie, Kristen (Christopher), Brian (Julianna), Sophia and Grace; and great-grandmother of Gaby, Raegan, Carter, Madison, Cruz and Kaia.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Sunday, September 5th in the mausoleum sanctuary at Mayfield Cemetery located at 2749 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Contributions in Edith’s memory are suggested to the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Museum of Art and Northern Ohio Chapter of Canine Companions .

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.berkowitzkuminbookatzfunerals.com for the Miller family.