Anne Weston (Reading) Miller, 88, of Brookline and Duxbury, died January 10 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, after a short illness. She was born in Boston, March 19, 1921 to William Ellis and Marjorie Elizabeth (Parks) Weston. She graduated in 1939 from the Brimmer School, Boston, in 1941 from Colby Junior (now Colby-Sawyer) College, New London, N.H., and in 1943 from Simmons College, Boston. She was the wife of Second Lieutenant John Walter Reading, USAAF, killed in action in France Feb. 26, 1945, and of the late Cecil Wentworth Miller.

Mrs. Miller was a public relations assistant for the USO in Boston during World War II and became a founding member of the Boston chapter of the Gold Star Wives.  After the war, she worked for the Second Church in Boston and taught at the Brimmer and May School, where she eventually became a member of the Alumni Board and the Board of Trustees.  For many years, she was a dedicated volunteer with Cub Scout Pack 258 and Boy Scout Troop 12 in Chestnut Hill, where she also served as a member of the Altar Guild and the Vestry of the Church of the Redeemer.  

Mrs. Miller leaves her sons, John Walter Reading of Brookline, William Raleigh Miller and his wife Barbara (Spiess) Miller of Marblehead, Bradford Austin Miller and his wife Amy (Crouch) Miller of Lexington, and Jeffrey Weston Miller of Brookline; her in-laws, the late Franklin and Eleanor Miller of Wakefield, N.H.,  Donald and Pamela Miller of Greenwich, Conn., Russell and Dorothea Miller of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., and Preston Johnson of Melrose; five grandchildren;  and many nieces and nephews.  

Mrs. Miller’s memorial service will be at the Church of Our Saviour, 25 Monmouth St., Brookline, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6. A private burial will follow in the spring at Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury.  Donations in her name may be made to the Animal Rescue League of Boston, 10 Chandler St., Boston, MA 02116, in lieu of flowers.