Mildred "Millee" Livingston 9/13/1930 - 9/9/2022

Mildred "Millee" Livingston, of Auburn, California passed away peacefully on Friday, September 9, 2022 at Mercy San Juan Hospital, just days before her 92nd birthday. She was born on September 13, 1930 in Atlantic City, New Jersey to Esther and Isadore Levin. She built a legacy of community activism and advocacy wherever she was. Growing up in Atlantic City, after high school Millee moved to Philadelphia then on to New York, where she met her husband, Duke Livingston, a merchant seaman. In the early 1960s Millee and Duke moved from New York to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Millee worked as a bookkeeper and Duke continued his work on the high seas until he retired and worked a brief period as a professional wrestler before becoming a massage therapist and acupuncturist. It was around this time that Millee stepped up her political work, involving herself in local, state and national efforts to advance the causes most dear to her heart - peace, freedom and social justice. In the 1980s Millee and Duke moved to the Auburn, CA area, where she remained after Duke's passing in 1989. Millee was all about community building and social action. She started the first children's Peace Camp in Auburn in 1987, through the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. It was a one- day program for children, meeting at various locations. In 2010, Peace Camp was renamed Growing Peace Camp when Millee turned over her Peace Camp handbook to the Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalist Youth Program, to run a week- long summer peace camp. In 2012 the program morphed into a community-run event under the Placer People of Faith Together and Auburn Hip Hop Congress. Millee continued to raise funds for camper scholarships each year and continued to offer her suggestions for activities until 2019. As a member of the Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalists (SFUU) since 2002, Millee was one of the first organizers of the Gathering Inn, along with a consortium of churches in Placer County, which provided meals and shelter to the unhoused. Millee was responsible for bringing the community together to celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. When she first moved to Auburn she would stand vigil in front of the courthouse to honor Martin Luther King Jr. She then suggested to Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalists that they hold an MLK celebration which they did until 2012. The community at large took over the yearly planning offering songs, poetry, stories at the Gomez Art Center, followed by a march through the streets of Auburn singing songs of peace. Every year, until 2019, Millee raised funds, participated in the presentations, helped with refreshments, always arranging for a special MLK birthday cake. Millee was a member of Veterans for Peace, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Gold Country Sierra Club (serving as its treasurer), the North Auburn Municipal Advisory Committee to the Board of Supervisors, Auburn Area Democratic Club from 2004 to present (serving as vice president for a year). She was a founding member of Indivisible Auburn. She was the recipient of numerous awards, the Eleanor Roosevelt Award from Placer Women Democrats; the Dove Award, from Women in Television and Film from the City of Los Angeles for bringing women's theater to Auburn; and most recently the Elinor Roosevelt Democratic Activism Award from the Placer County Democratic Party in 2020. Arrangements were made for Millee to be buried near her family at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery outside of Philadelphia. Her family will hold a grave side service for her. Millee leaves behind her daughter, Lois Leeds of Connecticut; her late sister Shirley's children Stanley Woloff (Judy), Baila Woloff and Estelle Woloff of Pennsylvania; her late nephew Neil's wife, Randi Woloff of New Jersey; Millee's half-sister, Arlene Karpf of New York; Millee's granddaughters on her late husband Duke's side, Loree Blanchette and Terri Kiestler- Bergstrom of Massachusetts; and extended family members and many friends all across the country. She was loved by many and will certainly be missed by all. A celebration of her amazing life and accomplishments will be held on Saturday, November 12, at 2 p.m. at Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalist Church, 190 Finley Street, Auburn, CA 95603. You may also join in virtually by navigating to mysfuu.org, scrolling down and clicking on either "Watch Sunday Service on YouTube" or "Zoom Room."