April 6, 2006 Issue                                               

©2006 The Chestnut Hill Local

Obituaries

Ruby E. Miller

Ruby E. Miller, 93, formerly of Wyndmoor, died on April 2 at the St. John Neumann Nursing Home.

Mrs. Miller was predeceased by her husband, Rudolph G. Miller, and two sons, Albert and John Miller. She is survived by a son, Rudolph H. Miller (Ethel) of Philadelphia, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Miller was a member of the American Legion of Fort Washington and the Wyndmoor Fire Company.

A funeral Mass will be said on Friday, April 7, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John Neumann Nursing Home Chapel, 10400 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia. with visitation beginning at 9:30 a.m. Interment will take place at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. John Neumann Nursing Home, 10400 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia, Pa., 19116.

Anne Highland

Anne (Cosse) Highland, Ph.D., 64, of Blue Bell, formerly of Mt. Airy, died on March 29 at home with her daughters.

Mrs. Highland was the wife of the late Virgil Highland.

Mrs. Highland graduated from Cornell University, and received a master’s from Temple University and a doctorate in psychology from Bryn Mawr College.

Mrs. Highland was in private practice in clinical psychology in Chestnut Hill for more than 25 years, working with individual adults. In her later years of practice, she increasingly specialized in the interface between psychology and spirituality. As a respected teacher in this field, she conducted numerous workshops and lectures on the connection of mind, body and spirit.

Mrs. Highland was a lifelong gardener and birdwatcher, and an active member of the Morris Arboretum and the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association. She delighted in the arts; both through her own music, painting and sculpture and in her appreciation of others’ work.

In the 1990s her deep concern about the Balkan Wars led her to sponsor and mentor several Bosnian students who were being fostered in the Delaware Valley. Among her many later travels was a memorable trip to Croatia and Bosnia, where she visited with the families of some of these young friends and had a very personal experience of the war’s legacies.

Mrs. Highland is survived by three daughters, Nathalie Highland of Cambridge, Mass., Sarah Highland of Ithaca, N.Y. and Jenny Highland of Plymouth, N.H.; a brother, Charles Cosse; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 8 at Gwynedd Friends Meeting, Route 202 and Sumneytown Pike in Lower Gwynedd. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Indian College Fund, P.O. Box 172449, Denver, Colo., 80217.

Frank E. Boynton

Frank E. Boynton, 65, of Roxborough and formerly of Northampton, Mass., died on April 2 at Chestnut Hill Hospital. He was the husband of Carole (Brady) Boynton, former interim editor of the Chestnut Hill Local.

Mr. Boynton, also known as “The Husband” by his wife, who wrote columns about him when she worked as a reporter for the Roxborough Review and editor of the Conshohocken Recorder, was retired from the Shawmont School.

Mr. Boynton was a graduate of the University of Vermont and was in the Peace Corps from 1965-1967 in Tanzania, East Africa, where he taught school. He was an avid bowler, golfer and worked out daily at LA Fitness. He had been a baseball coach with the 21st Ward Jr. Baseball League for two terms. He also coached baseball at Germantown Academy. He was a docent at the Philadelphia Zoo.

Along with his wife, he is survived by a son, Frank J. Jr. (Shana), two grandchildren, Molly and Zachary of California; two sisters, Eleanor Jones and Mary Lizee, both of Northampton, Mass., three brothers-in-law, David Brady, Thomas Brady and Richard Lizee, and several nieces and nephews.

A viewing will be held Wednesday, April 5, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Koller’s Funeral Home, 6835 Ridge Ave. in Roxborough. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, April 6, at Koller’s Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Philadelphia Zoo, 3400 W. Girard Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104-1196.

Eleanor Brown Holland

Eleanor Brown Holland, 89, of Wyndmoor, died on March 30.

Mrs. Holland was born in Orange, Texas, the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Brown and Julia Robertson Brown. She was a descendant of many early settlers of Texas, her great-grandfather Joseph W. Robertson being the first doctor in Austin.

Mrs. Holland graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Business Administration. She worked for several years in the office of the university president.

She was the wife of Baxter Finch Holland, who preceded her in death, for 59 years.

Mrs. Holland was an active member of Christ Church in Greenwich, Conn. where she served on the vestry, the property committee and the altar guild, and as delegate to the deanery and president of the Episcopal Church Women of Christ Church. She and her husband also were members of the Mystery Club of Greenwich and the Stanwich Club, where she was an avid golfer.

Mrs. Holland is survived by a daughter, physician Ruth Shepard Holland of Wyndmoor; two sons, physician Baxter Clay Holland of Rutland Town, Vt., and Franklin Brown Holland of Philadelphia; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Christ Church in Greenwich. Memorial contributions may be made to the Altar Guild, Christ Church, 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich, Conn., 06830, or to the Hospice Unit of Abington Memorial Hospital, 1200 Old York Rd., Abington, Pa., 19001.