Doris Miller Toubin

Born in San Antonio, Texas on February 18, 1934, Doris Miller Toubin died on November 21, 2014 in the same city of her birth at the age of 80. The second of four children of Rose and Louis Miller, Doris attended Thomas Jefferson High School before meeting her husband of 62 years Jimmy Toubin at the University of Texas. Married at the Gunther Hotel on the last day of August, 1952, Doris gave birth to the couple's first child and only daughter in 1953. After leaving the 40 acres, the young family discovered the heat and mosquitos of Texas' Gulf Coast in the form of Port Lavaca where her husband operated a family dry goods business. However, when a larger New York Store opened a year later, the family moved a few degrees above sea level to the "Rice Capital of the World", El Campo, Texas where they would reside for the next 14 years. Here, Doris' two sons Joel and Mark were born, and she helped vaccinate underprivileged people for polio and encouraged disadvantaged children to enroll in Head Start. But "Home" came a callin' after her beloved mother Rose died way too young in 1968 and for the next 46 years, Doris and Jim created not only a home, but a place for extended family gathering with "Aunt Doris" and later "Grammy" on the phone, throwing together a small lunch for 40, and filling no less than 4 freezers. Doris sought to make this world a better place. She used her voice, her resources, her outrage and her kindness to work with a multitude of organizations as well as individuals to help, assist, support, protest, change, suggest, and activate. No issue was too large or too small: The rights and well-being of children, Israel, Choice, Hunger. a traffic light, a newspaper op-ed, an unclothed child. A noted tchotchke buyer with a vibrant green thumb, Doris loved her Spurs and 'Horns; she never hesitated to let the refs know how she felt about a call. A mah jong maven, her home is filled with pillows and plaques containing pithy quotes such as, "Women Aren't Supposed to Make Coffee - The Bible Says 'He-brews.'" And, "Speak the Truth but Leave Immediately Afterwards." Doris is survived by her beloved husband, Jimmy; daughter, Cheryl Toubin Weiner and husband, Robert Weiner of Washington D.C; son, Mark Toubin and wife, Elizabeth Cohen of Houston, Texas; grandchildren, Courtney Weiner of Washington, DC, Lindsay Weiner Miller and husband, Lloyd Miller of Washington, D.C., Josie Toubin and Ian Toubin of Houston, Texas, brother, Al Miller and wife, Margie Miller of San Antonio, Texas; brother, Sam Miller and wife, Dottie Miller of San Antonio, Texas and many nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews plus cousins of numerous degrees. She was preceded in death by her beautiful son, Joel Alan Toubin, older brother, Marvin Miller, and honorary brother, first cousin, Bill Matusoff. Funeral Services will be held in San Antonio at Congregation Agudas Achim's Memorial Gardens, 1727 Austin Hwy, 78218 on Sunday, November 23 at 1:30 pm. Pallbearers are Jim Lavine, Gerald Merfish, Ethan Miller, Seth Miller, Morris Miller, Richard Miller, Larry Snider, Andrew Toubin and Jeffrey Toubin. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in memory of Doris Toubin be made to the San Antonio Food Bank 5200 W Old US Highway 90, San Antonio, TX 78227-2209, Phone 210-431-8473.