William "Bill" Miller Jr.

William Miller, Jr. (Bill) a resident of Chartiers Bend Retirement Community of Bridgeville, PA died on February 22, 2026 at age 95.

Bill was a native of Pratt City, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, where generations of his family worked in the local mines and nearby steel mills. Pratt functioned as a company town with its own company store and health clinic, and workers were paid in company script. Born in 1930, Bill's boyhood was spent growing up in Pratt during the Great Depression. Later he regarded this setting and the early exposure to life at the workplace level as his greatest learning experience.

Bill was former Vice President of Labor Relations for US Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh covering the range of the company's operations. He also was a consultant and labor negotiator for the Bituminous Coal Operators Association and a trustee of the United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds in Washington, D.C. He was formerly a resident of Upper St. Clair Township, PA where he served as president of the township commission at the time of its transition to a home rule community. Following Upper St. Clair Bill was a long time resident of the Lake O'Woods Community in Preston County, WV.

Bill was a graduate of Auburn University and the Vanderbilt University School of Law. In the Korean War era he served as an officer in the Marine Corps.

Bill is survived by his wonderful wife of 66 years, Kay, the mainstay of his life. He is also survived by their four children who have added so deeply to their lives: Margaret Ann Stahlfeld (Meg), William III (Bill), Christopher Newman (Chris), and Melissa Kathryn Parr (Melissa); twelve grandchildren, Kurt, Phil, Charlotte, William IV, Sarah, Alexa, Matt, Frank, Bill, Adam, and Amber and six great grandchildren William Grant, Henry Truitt, Chase Adam, Julianna Sue, Brynlee Elizabeth and Aspynn Rayne. Sisters Hanna Logan, Peggy Conry and grandson Sam preceded him in death.

The family will honor Bill's wish that he be cremated and his ashes buried in the Lake O'Woods Cemetery which he established.