Dateline: Great Bend, Kan.

Name of Deceased: Arlene Helen Miles                                           Age: 100

Arlene Helen Miles, 100, died Nov. 6, 2015, at Life Care Center in Farmington, N.M. She was born January 13, 1915, in Breese, Ill., the daughter of Carl and Stella Gerfen. Arlene graduated from high school in Carlyle, Ill., and from a business college in St. Louis, Mo. She met Hugh S. Miles while in Carlyle and the two were married on Apr. 26, 1943. Together, they lived in Norfolk, Va.; Olney, Ill.; Ardmore, Okla.; Great Bend, Kan.

From 1968 to 2003 Arlene lived in Great Bend, Kan. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Golden Belt Country Club, PEO, Community Concert, Progress Club, Bloomer Girls, and several Bridge clubs. Arlene enjoyed entertaining friends and family, and had a passion for gardening. She and Hugh enjoyed traveling and seeing family during their retirement. In 2003, Arlene moved to Farmington to be with family.

Arlene was preceded in death by her husband Hugh on September 14, 2001, one sister, four brothers, and one grandson. Survivors include one son, Robert H. Miles (Joyce) of Guymon, Oklahoma; two daughters, Janis M. Cross (Steve) of Canon City, Colorado and Jeanne G. Shaheen (Jim) of Farmington, New Mexico; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 1 p.m., Mon., Dec. 28, 2015, at Bryant Funeral Home in Great Bend, with the Rev. Dr. Scott V. Solether officiating. Inurnment will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the San Juan Medical Foundation, in care of the funeral home.

 

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                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas         67530