Miles, William Max 1925 - 2007

MILES, EDDY, HANSON

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/25/2013 at 00:01:49

William (Bill) Max Miles, 81, of Clear Lake, died Monday, March 5, 2007 at
the Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake. According to his wishes his body was
cremated. Visitation will be Friday, March 23, 5 - 8 p.m., at Ward-Van Slyke
Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St, Clear Lake with a scripture service at 7 p.m.
and a Knights of Columbus rosary at 7:30 p.m. A memorial Mass will be held at
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 1001 9th Ave. S, Clear Lake, on Saturday,
March 24, 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. John Tilp officiating. Inurnment will be
in the Clear Lake Cemetery with military honors by the Clear Lake V.F.W.
The family requests memorial contributions be made to St. Patrick's Catholic
Church, Hospice of North Iowa or Oakwood Care Center.

William Miles, the son of Frank and Maude (Eddy) Miles, was born on July 11,
1925, on the farm granted to his great-grandfather, John Miles, by President
James Buchanan. He attended Union Township School and graduated from Ventura
High School in 1943. He got his pilot's license at age 16. After graduation he
enlisted in the United States Navy. He served his country in the Pacific
region and participated in the Crossroads atom bomb test. Following his
honorable discharge he worked for Williams Brothers Pipeline for 19 years. In
1972 he purchased the Clear Lake Grain Company and the Miles Farm Store. He
began his employment with Nelson Petroleum in 1984 and retired in June, 2005.

Bill married Delores Falada Hanson on Dec. 30, 1954. Bill enjoyed his family,
home, friends, walking, nature, listening to big band music, golfing, fishing,
hunting and black powder gun shooting, working with wood and remodeling homes.
Bill and Delores traveled through 44 states, southern Canada, Austria and
Czech Republic. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, where he
served as an usher for 51 years. He was a charter member of the Knights of
Columbus Council 7898, Msgr. Dougherty 4th degree Assembly, the American
Legion and past member of the Noon Lions Club.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Delores; two sons, Randy and his
wife, Linda, Issaquah, Wash. and Ron, Gualala, Calif. Bill is also survived by
his sister, Betty, and her husband, James Carson, Aurora, Ill. and his
brother, Stanley, and his wife, Arlene, Brookfield, Wis.; two sisters-in-law,
Audrey Miles, Huntington Beach, Calif. and Agnes Simper, Inglewood, Calif. and
two brothers-in-laws, Francis Falada, Des Moines, Iowa and Nelson Wild, San
Francisco, Calif, as well as several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Roger, on Nov. 17, 2001; one
brother, Robert; three sisters, Madelyn Myers, Joan Wild, and Dorothy in
infancy; sister-in-law, Anna Falada; two brothers-in-law, Hugh Myers and Roman
Simper.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.