Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Miles, Gladys M. March 18, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 17, 2010, 5:39 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Saturday, March 20, 2004 Gladys M. Miles, 88, of Portland, passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2004. She was born on August 7, 1915 in Salem, Indiana the daughter of Walter and Clara (Bowers) Trueblood. Gladys graduated from Ionia High School and the Melba Academy of Beauty Culture. She was a beautician in Ionia and Portland. She married Richard Miles in March of 1938. Together they worked for many years on the dairy farm they loved in Portland until Richard's passing in December of 1965. She worked as a cashier at the J and J Store in Portland until it's closing and was always thrilled when someone remembered she worked there. Her greatest love was her large vegetable and flower garden. Her beautiful flowers were known far and wide. She was a member of the Portland United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Richard Miles; granddaughter, Katie Miles; sisters, Emma Trueblood and Myrtle Harter. She is survived by her sons, Richard "Duane" (Kathy), David, Mike (Cathy), and Pat (Julie) Miles, all of Portland; daughter, Kay (Ronald) Arens of Westphalia; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Vivian (Howard) Coe of Portland and Marion Croel of Ionia; many nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Gregory R. Wolfe, Pastor of the Portland United Methodist Church and the Rev. Scott K. Otis at 11 a.m. Monday at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Portland with interment following at Portland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Portland United Methodist Church in memory of Gladys M. Miles. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/miles4326nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb