MILES, Roy M.

MILES, ARMSTRONG, BARNES, GEASLAND, SARGENT, PETERSEN, WHITE

Posted By: Colette (email)
Date: 3/14/2003 at 19:03:28

Roy M. Miles

Roy M. Miles, 81, of Cherokee, passed away Saturday, June 10, at
11:55 p.m. in the Countryside Estaes in Cherokee following a long illness.
Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, June 14, at 1;30 p.m.
at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee, Rev. Gary Armstrong will officiate.
Visitation will be on Tuesday from 1p.m. until 9 p.m. with the family
present from 6:30 p.m. until 8p.m. on Tuesday eveining at the Boothby
Funeral Home in Cherokee.
He was born July 5, 1913 in Cherokee, Iowa to Zora and Hulda
(Barnes) Miles. He was married to Eliza Geasland on September 18, 1932
in Cherokee, Iowa. He had worked for the City of Cherokee for a number
of years. He had resided in Countryside Estates since 1983 and had been
a resident of Cherokee practically all his life. He was a member of St. Paul's
United Methodist Church and had served in the Iowa National Guard.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife on September 18,
1977, also three brothers and four sisters.
He is survived by two daughters: Mrs, Helen Sargent of Dubuque,
Iowa; Mrs Beverly Petersen of Bakersfield, Calif.; 17 grandchlildren, 19
great grandchildren, one brother and one sister; Fred Miles of Cherokee and
Mrs Myrtle White of Lamoni, Iowa.

(found at the Cherokee County Archives)