Lorraine was born in Fulton, Maryland and was the daughter of Joseph H. and Eva Thompson. Lorraine graduated from Pallotti High School in Laurel in 1943. She married Edward Ernest Miller in 1945. She worked at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab after 24 years retired. She was a life member of St. Louis Parrish and helped with their annua Clarksville picnic for almost 90 years. When World War II broke out Lorraine got a job as a stenographer for the Dept. of Justice. After work she would go to the USO by the train station in Laurel, Maryland. At the USO she helped with the soda fountain, making sandwiches, dancing with the troops and helping visiting families find lodging. The dances on Tuesday were formal and the girls wore long dresses. Lorraine met her future husband at one of the dances. She waited 3 years for him to come home from the war in Europe and they married. Lorraine attended the funeral of President Roosevelt on Pennsylvania Ave. She watched as six white horses carried the body as the crowd stood silently. It was the first time Lorraine ever saw grown men cry.
Lorraine was born in Fulton, Maryland and was the daughter of Joseph H. and Eva Thompson. Lorraine graduated from Pallotti High School in Laurel in 1943. She married Edward Ernest Miller in 1945. She worked at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab after 24 years retired. She was a life member of St. Louis Parrish and helped with their annua Clarksville picnic for almost 90 years. When World War II broke out Lorraine got a job as a stenographer for the Dept. of Justice. After work she would go to the USO by the train station in Laurel, Maryland. At the USO she helped with the soda fountain, making sandwiches, dancing with the troops and helping visiting families find lodging. The dances on Tuesday were formal and the girls wore long dresses. Lorraine met her future husband at one of the dances. She waited 3 years for him to come home from the war in Europe and they married. Lorraine attended the funeral of President Roosevelt on Pennsylvania Ave. She watched as six white horses carried the body as the crowd stood silently. It was the first time Lorraine ever saw grown men cry.
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