Richard Talbott Miller - Obituary

. Talbott Miller, "Tab" passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 22, 2018. Tab was a resident of Lothian, MD. He was born to the late Wilson and Frances Miller on March 11, 1936 in Utica, NY. Tab attended Washington and Jefferson College, graduating in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in English. He began working in 1959 at Western Printing and Lithographing Co. in Poughkeepsie, NY which soon after became Western Publishing Co. In 1971, Tab moved his family to Maryland to work in Western’s sales office. In 1973, Tab went to work in the Washington, DC office of Port City Press, a division of Judd’s Inc. where he became Vice President of Sales for the Washington/Baltimore area before retiring in 1999. Tab became an active member in the Antique and Classic Boat Society after his father-in-law gave him the family-1946 Garwood Classic wooden boat. He was the President of the local Chesapeake Bay Chapter for 3 years and became the International President of the Society in 1997. He and his wife, Nancy, enjoyed traveling across the United States and Canada to boat shows and meetings, making many lifetime friends along the way. Tab was creative, loved to use his hands and build things. Whether scraping and sanding the bottom of a wooden boat or building something for their home, Tab could take something ordinary and make it extraordinary. In addition to his parents Tab was preceded in death by his daughter, Suzanne Miller. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Nancy Miller; two children, R. Talbott (Heather) Miller, Jr. of Lothian and Elizabeth (Pete) Burr of Shady Side, MD; two sisters, Emily d'Aulaire of Redding, CT and Jane Unkefer of Haverford, PA; five grandchildren, Talbott and Madison Bishop of Shady Side, Caitlin and Lyndsey Miller of Lothian and Emily Burr of Shady Side. A memorial service for Tab will be held on Friday, November 2, 2018 at 11 am at the Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd, Edgewater. Inurnment to following at Lakemont Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation to 2000 Medical Parkway, Belcher Pavilion, Suite 604, Annapolis, MD 21401. On-line condolences may be made by clicking on the link to the left of this page.