Obituaries

Garrett S. 'Gary' Miller Army Veteran, Program Manager

Garrett S. "Gary" Miller, 72, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who later worked at Northrop Grumman from the early 1990s to 2004 as a program manager for Jedmics, a Defense Department data management system, died Oct. 9 at Inova Fairfax Hospital of myositis, an auto-immune disease. He was a Fairfax Station resident.

Col. Miller joined the Army in 1961 and served two tours of duty in Vietnam. He retired in 1983, and his final active-duty assignment was with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.

From 1983 to 1986, he worked in the international affairs division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Garrett Spencer Miller, a native of Chester, Pa., received a bachelor's degree in recreation administration in 1961 and a master's in business administration in 1971, both from Pennsylvania State University

His military decorations included the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Eleanor Aschettini Miller of Fairfax Station; two sons, William G. Miller of Washington and Thomas W. Miller of Fairfax County; and four grandchildren.

-- Lauren Wiseman

Rachel Romine Legal Assistant

Rachel Romine, 61, who had been a legal assistant for the office of the general counsel at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission since 2006, died of sepsis Sept. 22 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville. She had been a Gaithersburg resident since 1988.

From 1993 to 2001 she was an administrative assistant for ITS America, an advocacy group for transportation systems. Earlier, she worked as a clerk for the State Department.

Caroline Rachel Romine, a native of South Bend, Ind., moved to the Washington region in the mid-1950s. She was a 1967 graduate of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda and received a bachelor's degree in women's studies from the University of New Orleans in 1987.