MITCHELL MILLS

MILLS Captain MITCHELL MILLS, M.D. (Age 84) Of Springfield, Virginia, and recently of York, PA, died Friday, February 20, 2015 at Hospice and Community Care, Bob Fryer and Family Inpatient Center in Mount Joy, PA. He was the husband of Sabyna Sterrett-Mills. He was predeceased in life by his first wife, Elizabeth Benton Mills. Born December 25, 1930 in New York City, he was the only child of the late Dwight and Adella Mills. He was a 1948 graduate of Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC; a 1952 graduate of Princeton University, and a 1956 graduate of Cornell University School of Medicine. He served in the US Navy for over twenty years as a Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeon; the last eleven years as Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. He also served as a Medical Officer on the Aircraft Carrier Bonhomme Richard, as well as off the coast of Vietnam on the hospital ship USS Repose. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued his surgical career in the Washington, DC area where he primarily practiced at George Washington University Hospital and Sibley Hospital. He was consistently recognized in "Washingtonian Magazine" as one of Washington's best Thoracic, Cardiovascular, and Vascular surgeons. He was also a Professor Emeritus at the George Washington University School of Medicine, and a life member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He lived in Greenspring Retirement Community in Springfield, VA from 2002-2014 where he served as Resident Advisory Council Chairman for two years and past president of the Village Church Council at Greenspring and in various other volunteer capacities. Dr. Mills will be remembered for his love of family, loyalty to others, devotion to duty, humor, and fine character. In addition to his wife, Dr. Mills is survived by three daughters, Elizabeth Adella Mills of Alexandria, VA, Jennifer M. Schrom and her husband, Jim of York, PA and Melissa A. Mills of Harrisonburg, Virginia; a son, Mitchell Mills, Jr. of Brookeville, Maryland; three grandchildren, Christy Norment and her husband, Peter, Brian Cassagnol and Ana Mills; and two great-grandchildren, Elliot Norment and Jonas Norment. Burial will be with Full Military Honors at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date to be announced. Kuhner Associates Funeral Directors, Inc, 863 South George Street, York is in charge of arrangements. A private family service was conducted in York, PA on February 27, 2015. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made In memory of Dr. Mitchell Mills to the Hospice and Community Care, Bob Fryer and Family Inpatient Center, 685 Good Drive, Lancaster, PA 17604 or to the Alzheimer's Association for Research, 225 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601. KuhnerAssociates.comKuhnerAssociates.com