Louise Manning Moon-Miller died on February 21. She was 105. Born July 9, 1916, She lived through two world wars, two global pandemics, the moon landing, the Berlin Wall coming down, and the invention of the television and the internet. Louise was raised by her father, Frederick Wiles Moon, a banker, and her mother, Beatrice Brodhead Dingman Moon, a home maker.  She spent an idyllic childhood in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. After graduating high school from Wyoming Seminary, in Kingston, PA during the Depression, she was unable to afford college. Louise dreamed of becoming an artist, but her grandmother persuaded her to follow her sister Cornelia and become a registered nurse. After graduating nursing school at The Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, and still desiring a college education, she joined the U.S. Army as they would send one to college. She was stationed at Walter Reed Hospital as a surgical nurse. Six weeks after her arrival in Washington, D.C. the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred.

After being sent to various locations throughout the United States, 1st lieutenant, Moon was assigned to the 59 ^th Evacuation Hospital in Palo Alto, CA. The evacuation hospital, similar to M.A.S.H., moved with the front, forward or retreating.  The 59 ^th Evacuation arrived in Casablanca on Christmas Eve, 1942. After a stay in Casablanca, they moved on to Sicily, Italy, France and Germany. The 59 ^th Evacuation Hospital was stationed in Dachau, Germany when the war ended. Louise was with the unit that liberated Dachau in April of 1945. She had numerous photos of the tragic individuals she helped to free from that concentration camp.

While in Casablanca, Louise went on a blind date with a young Army JAG attorney, Dan Miller. They ran into each other often in Africa, Sicily and Italy until Dan returned to the States.

The war ended, and her unit was dispersed. She was sent to Fort Hood, Texas, but had a well-deserved leave which she spent in Pennsylvania.  Dan Miller was stationed at the Pentagon but came north to visit often, and soon they were engaged to be married. As Louise was still in the service, she returned to Texas and they were married in a small service in Bastrip, Texas.

She soon was discharged from the army, for at that time the army did not allow women in the service to be married. Dan and Louise moved to Hawaii where Dan practiced law, and their first daughter was born. They moved to Washington, D.C. and Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where their two other daughters were born.

The family settled in Yardley Pennsylvania in the late 1950's where Louise raised her girls and assisted Dan in his company, Keystone Pencil. The couple travelled frequently to Europe, especially to France, where Louise was loved, earning the nickname Rose Louise because of her fondness for French rose.

In the mid 1970's Louise finally received the college education she had long desired, graduating from college along with one of her daughters, receiving a BA in History.

In the late 1970's Dan and Louise divorced, and Louise took a job in the Housing Department of Princeton University. She worked at Princeton for over 2 decades, finally retiring in her late 80's.

An avid reader, Louise loved historical accounts, and novels. A member of the DAR and the Colonial Dames, she was also a devoted gardener, loved to cook French food, and play bridge. She continued to travel throughout her life going to Russia and back to Africa on safari. During her travels, Louise discovered that elephants seemed to have an interest in her. In Kenya one chased her with a tree in its trunk, and at a zoo, one threw hay at her, all to the great amusement of her children and to Louise herself.

One of the great joys in her life has been her grandchildren – she was always interested in their lives and attended their school activities as often as possible, including giving a presentation to one grandchild's kindergarten class about her experiences in Africa. Known to her grandchildren as Lulu, she was an example of grace, gentility and generosity.  They, in turn, adored her.

Louise moved to Stonebridge, in Skillman, NJ in the early 2000s. Predeceased by her parents and her sister Cornelia, and her nephew, John Frederick Davison, she is survived by her daughters, Carol Maxwell Miller of Ithaca, NY, Barbara Miller Curtis (Kevin) of Lincolnville, ME., and Jody Miller-Olcott (Townsend) of Hopewell, NJ.,  her beloved grandchildren, Anna Curtis (Ben Holstein), Lowell Olcott (Jess) and Olivia Olcott, her great grandaughters, Julia Louise Holstein and Josie Elizabeth Holstein, her nephews, Wayne Davison, Frederick Moon Davison, and her nieces, Louise Davison, Patty Miller and Nancy Miller.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to SAVE - A Friend to Homeless Animals 1010 Co Rd 601, Montgomery, NJ 08558