Mary L. "Weezie" Miller, a retired registered nurse who had worked for three decades as a head nurse in methadone maintenance programs, died Nov. 21 at Stella Maris Hospice of kidney failure. She was 92.
The daughter of Charles Thomas Frock, a pharmacist who was sheriff of Fayette County, Pa., and Mary Hyatt Frock, a homemaker, Mary Louise Frock was born in Uniontown, Pa., and raised in nearby Farmington, Pa.
After graduating from Uniontown High School in 1940, she enrolled at Penn Hall Junior College in Chambersburg, Pa., from which she graduated in 1942.
She entered the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, from which she earned her degree in nursing in 1945. She began her career at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she rose to become head nurse of Osler 6. She left work after the birth of her second child in 1952.
She and her husband, James H. Miller, an electrical engineer, whom she married in 1949, lived in Rodgers Forge and later moved to Wyomissing, Pa. He died in 2007.
She resumed her nursing career when she took a job at the House of Good Shepherd in Reading, Pa. When she and her family moved back to Baltimore in the late 1960s, she transferred to the House of Good Shepherd in Halethorpe.
Mrs. Miller then briefly nursed at the Peabody Institute before embarking on a career as a head nurse in several Baltimore County methadone maintenance programs.
She served as a nurse in methadone programs at Sheppard Pratt, Path Finders and Awakenings before retiring in 2000.
"Famous for her memory, she knew all patients by name and something personal about them she could ask about," said her daughter, Linda L. Miller of Lutherville.
The 45-year Lutherville resident enjoyed attending high school reunions and participating in the warm-weather exercise class at the Maryland Athletic Club in Timonium. She was also an avid Orioles and Ravens fan.
She was an active member of Ascension Lutheran Church, where she was a member of the Christian Service Group.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at her church, 7601 York Road, Towson.
In addition to her daughter, survivors include a son, Charles Thomas Miller of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and three grandchildren.