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Michael Stiles Obituary
AGE: 56 • Barnegat
Michael Eugene Stiles, of Barnegat, born April 16, 1959, died tragically on March 22, 2016 at the young age of 56. Mike grew up in Lumberton, NC. He used to love sharing his childhood country boy memories. His southern charm, manners and kind nature was imbedded in him his entire life. He always followed his dreams, first as a horse trainer, then owning his own auto business and for the past 11 years working for LBI Township Water and Sewer. Mike was recently promoted to Supervisor, a position he aspired to and was proud of.
Mike met the love of his life, Laura, in 1989 and married in 2003. He was the best dad to his son, Nick, whom he loved more than life. With his guidance from above, his wife and son will attempt to go forward.
He also leaves behind his loving parents, Shirley and Irvin Stiles, a sister Kim Grimsley and a son, Joshua Stiles, along with 2 grandchildren. Most of all he leaves behind all of those who have been touched by his kind nature, sense of humor and sincerity.
A Celebration of his Life will be held on Saturday, March 26th, 2016 from 3-7 pm at Barnegat Vol. Fire Company, 11 Birdsall Street, Barnegat, NJ 08005. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Barnegat Vol. Fire Company at the above address would be appreciated.
At the request of Laura and Nick, attire is casual, hopefully something red to support Mike's Georgia Bulldogs. Cremation was private and under the direction of Bugbee-Riggs Funeral Home, 335 South Main St., Barnegat.
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Laura
March 22, 2023
Mike,
Not a moment goes by that you are not still felt in my heart and soul. Seven years without your laughter wit kisses and love. How I miss you my husband. Wait for me . Your Margaret longs to be in your arms.
Laura
December 25, 2022
Merry Christmas my husband, the sixth one without you. I have thought about you so much this week, and how you loved this time of year. Putting lights up together outside, cooking the fish dinner, and sitting by the tree in the dark loving the lights. I miss you time does not diminish that at all. Love, Margaret.
Laura
August 17, 2022
Today was the day we headed home from Barnesville, 20 years ago. The best years of my life, I hold you close to my heart and soul Mike. A deal is still a deal, for eternally. See you soon, wait for me. Love your Wife, the best one!
Laura
May 17, 2022
Happy Anniversary my husband. Today would have been 19 years. You will always be the love of my life, my twin flame. Wait for me because a deal is still a deal. I love you forever Mike.
Laura
April 16, 2022
Happy Birthday my love. We will bring your present this afternoon to your beautiful spot. The years are passing but my love is still as strong and deep as it always was and will be. I grieve the loss of my best friend, and mostly the loss of what could have and should have been. We are happy, but it is not the same happy without you. So I celebrate you my husband on your day. Know you are the love of my life and I am counting on seeing that five thousand dollar smile again. Love, Margaret
Michelle
March 23, 2022
Six years ago yesterday you left this crazy world. There are many times that I think of you and wonder how you would feel about all that has changed. You are in a better place for sure. I hope you and Pop are watching down.
Laura
March 17, 2022
Mike,
I will never get used to this day that will be here in a few. When you died my whole life died too. Since that day there has been so much heartache in so many ways. I have watched as life unraveled, never to be put back again in any semblance of peace and balance. I miss you terribly, I miss our life, you were my twin flame. Rest easy my husband, and know you are always loved and always just a whisper away.
Laura
December 13, 2021
Please welcome Jeff, another soul taken way too soon. I know he sits in the glory of our Lord with you. I love you forever Mike.
Laura
March 22, 2021
My love,
I just cant wrap my head around it, 5 years. 5 years without hearing your laugh, hearing you call me Angel, feeling your touch. 5 years ago you were living your last minutes, doing what you loved to do, working. I am so grateful for you, I will spend the rest of my life yearning for you and what was lost. You were my person, as I was yours. I will love you forever. Rest easy my husband, till I see your smiling face again.
Michelle
March 22, 2021
Missing you brother. ♥
Laura
December 27, 2020
Mike,
Here I sit in the quiet of morning with the tree all lit up and remember you. Life has changed so much. I think back to all our Christmas’s and years together. So far back when we were young and crazy. Oh but you are always crazy lol. I miss talking to my best friend. I felt you yesterday hold me while Jim and I were working in the garage. I heard you nudge me to him and say let go and love him. I do you know. You will always be there in my heart and soul though, for you are my twin flame. And i know you will be waiting for me when I get there. I love you Mike, Merry Christmas.
Laura
November 25, 2020
My love,
Here come the holidays again. Life is so different now, good but at times sad. I will always love you and cherish our years. And know that as I sit in the quiet of the morning looking at the tree it is you that will be on my mind and in my heart, as always. Love, your Margaret.
Laura
April 16, 2020
My love,
Happy Birthday for the fifth time without you. My heart still breaks remembering our years and moments. I remember the cowboy with the bubble but, the man who took care of us, the friend who helped me through so much, and the love that went on 30 years and just kept getting better. It isn't fair what happened to us, I will never understand. Only know you are loved and cherished forever. Love, your wife (the best one!)
Laura
March 21, 2020
My Husband,
Tonight 4 years ago was the last night as life as I loved it. Wonderful dinner the 3 of us, you and I walking home holding hands laughing and talking. You always said we saved the best for each other and you were right. We had a happy loved filled marriage. I loved you more than life and always will. I know without a doubt that you have sent Jim. I suspected that with the socks, but when he kissed my hand after grace there was no longer a doubt. You couldn't have made a better choice as he is a good man. I will forever love and miss you and be thankful for our years. A deal is still a deal forever, you better be there when I get there waiting on a woman. Love , your Margaret
Laura
January 16, 2020
Well I'm sure you know Stein popped the question and she said yes. I only wish you could have met her, you would love her spunk and wit. She may have given you a run for your money. I am happy for him. My biggest hope is they are blessed with the kind of love we have. I don't know if that is even possible. I miss you Mike.
Laura
December 20, 2019
I am sitting by the Christmas tree thinking of you, as I do everyday. My love for you is eternal, the hole left in my heart and life is huge. Merry Christmas my husband enjoy the celebration of our savior's birth. Please be there when I arrive, I miss you so. Give Pop a kiss for me.
Laura
October 12, 2019
Mike,
On our way yo Congress. I will think of you especially crossing the path where the outside ring was. I miss you so much my husband. Watch over Stein for me. I love you forever.
Laura
August 12, 2019
Mike,
I can't stop thinking of Walter, his mom is failing, but it is he that is on my mind. This worries me. I wish I had you here to talk about it to. I miss you so very much.. i love you forever my husband...
Laura
May 16, 2019
Happy Anniversary my husband. That day the only thing I saw was your eyes and smile. I remember wiping your tears as we said our vows. I wait for the time I can see your smile again. I love you eternally.
Laura
April 16, 2019
Happy 60th in heaven my love. I don't like being here without you. You are still and always will be the love of my life.
March 22, 2019
Laura
March 22, 2019
Mike,
Three years ago this morning our last kiss goodbye, our last hug, my last moments of happiness. I am so grateful for you and our love. We brought out the best in each other. Life was so rich. I will never love another this I know. I will wait for paradise and your smile as you bring me to our Lord. I miss my husband with every breath I take.
March 6, 2019
Mike,
Here we are March again, god I hate this month. Life marches on time keeps passing. Stein is in love I am so happy for him. Went to Charlie's surprise 40th and thought of Tara's the last party we went to before you died. Probably going to have to move again soon. That will be so hard cause you and I were supposed to grow old on the front porch together. But Nick's happiness is so much more important than mine. I miss you so just want to hear your voice and hold your hand. I love my husband still.
Merry Christmas my husband!
Laura Stiles
December 25, 2018
Laura
December 24, 2018
My dear husband,
I can't believe here we are another Christmas Eve apart. Your favorite time as I sit in the quiet of the night my heart reaches for you. Mike I can only hope you know that you were my life and so loved. To say I miss you doesn't even touch the edges of my anguish. Time may reduce the rawness of this pain but not the depth. We were so happy the three of us together, me and you as one. I know you are home in paradise but I still long for you to be home here. Merry Christmas my love, forever. Celebrate our Lords birth. Wait for me.
Laura
November 17, 2018
Hi honey,
I feel you every day. I miss our walks too, in fact I miss you more than the breath I take. I love you my husband, forever till eternity.
Laura
October 15, 2018
Hi Mike,
Going to Congress, will think of you there a lot, especially on the path to where the outside pen was. I still remember you walking that hunt seater up to me when I was pregnant. God I miss you.
August 20, 2018
HI HONEY,
I am in the airport coming home from thoughts of course drift back to you. I love you so much Mike and miss you more. Stein is doing well but he misses you so much too. Life is so different and no where near as rich and happy. Wait for me husband a deal is a deal, remember?
Laura
July 3, 2018
Well July 4th comes again without you. It was one of our favorite days on the boat and fireworks. Doesn't mean anything anymore but then again not much does. Life is easy but at what cost. I miss you my husband. I will love you forever.
Laura
June 17, 2018
Happy Fathers Day my love. Thank you for raising Stein to the man he has become. You would be proud. Your card is on the mantle if you want to open it. I love you forever my husband.
Laura
June 10, 2018
Sitting here on the front porch on our rockers (yours is waiting) watching the kids play soccer in the field. This is what we talked about doing when we moved here. I miss you so much life is so lonely and empty without you holding my hand. I love my husband forever. A deal is a deal.
May 16, 2018
Happy Anniversary my husband, 15 years!! I love you more with each passing day. I miss you beyond words. Thank you for loving me. You are stil my hero.
Laura Stiles
April 30, 2018
Mike,
Third town wide yard sale without you. The day was fun selling your tools was very hard. Helped Luke empty out garage with Jeff and Nick. Very tough, made me cry. He brought over lunch and we all sat and laughed, I looked over to see your smiling face in that great township picture and knew you were proud. Honey my heart still hurts so much for you, there are days I just can't believe your gone. I miss my best friend. Everyone has been so wonderful to us, but at the end of the day it's you and your shoulder I want and need. I love my husband. Why?
April 16, 2018
Happy Birthday my husband. This is the 3rd one we have been apart and I will never get used to this. I think of you all through my day and well into each night. I yearn for you and feel broken. My love for you will last forever and you will always be my hero. Thanks for loving me and Stein. He misses you so much. I hope you enjoy your birthday in paradise, wait for me. All my love forever, Laura
March 22, 2018
Today remains the worst day of my life, you were taken on this day 2 years ago. There is not a moment that I don't think of you and long for you. Most of the time I wander through my days feeling lost having no meaning, just waiting for you. Then I look at Stein and understand what you would want. I love you so very much, I am so worn out and tired of the emotional pain. Enjoy paradise because there are few who deserve it more. And please give Grace a kiss for me I'm sure she is having dinner with you tonight. Don't forget the dishes. XO
March 13, 2018
Mike,
It's almost 2 years. I still look for you everywhere, still want to be with you. The empty spot you left is unbearable. I thank God for you and the life we had. I thank you for being the best husband and dad ever. I love you forever.
February 20, 2018
Mike,
2 years ago today we were on our way to see Luke and Grace in Florida. I am so thankful we went, it would be the last time you would see you loved friends. Grace is almost ready to leave us and join you. I pray for her daily. Please welcome her with love and let her know how much she means to us. I love you Mike please always be with me.
February 18, 2018
Mike,
Life is changing again I can see it coming. I wish you were here to share and guide me through. I still feel so lost without you and long for your touch. I just miss you so much my husband. I love you Mike, forever.
February 5, 2018
I know you were watching last night, your son was so excited!! Haven't seen him smile and laugh like that in a long time. I love you my husband❤❤
Laura
January 17, 2018
My love,
You came to me in my dreams last night, although I don't know why the crock idles were chasing me and Maggie and Sophie! I was able to lay on your shoulder and hold you. I miss you and love you so very much. Forever my love a deal is a deal.
January 2, 2018
We end the first full year without you and begin another her. I begin my day with thought of you and my last thought before sleep is always missing your shoulder. Our love was all I ever needed and dreamed of. Happy new year in paradise Mike. I miss and love you so very much.
December 23, 2017
My husband,
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve the second one without you. I have shed so many tears the last few days my eyes burn. I miss you so much sometimes I just can't bear it. Nick has no joy for Christmas because he misses you too. I will try to remember the real meaning of Christmas being our saviors birth as I weep for the precious life lost. I love you forever Mike.
December 3, 2017
Mike,
Today is your sons birthday. I'm sure you are so proud of him and the man he has become. He misses you so much. Please watch over him and send him your love, especially on this day❤
November 23, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving my husband. You are spending it with me in my soul. I long to hol your hand. I love you Mike, for eternity.
November 19, 2017
Mike,
Almost two years. There is no me without you. I love you, your Margaret misses you more than life.
October 31, 2017
Well nic built the tunnel and it blew down!! He was so mad!! Halloween was our favorite holiday we miss you and all the great special days. Life is not the same. I think Nick is leaving LBI and I think you would agree. He needs your guidance so badly. I love you Mike forever.
October 6, 2017
Myrtle Beach will always be me and you. I feel your arms around me and the chill from my toes up to my head. Hoe I wish I could lay my head on your shoulder. I miss you Mike so much it hurts my heart.❤
September 16, 2017
Pirates day without you, I wish you could once again hold my hand through town as we chat with our neighbors. I miss you Mike so much it hurts.
September 1, 2017
Two full summers w with out you. Just can't believe your gone. You took my heart and soul with you. Please come home
August 17, 2017
Today was a special day for us 15 years ago we made that trip from Barnesville pulling that trailer. I watched our wedding video tonight to celebrate, I wanted to reach out and touch you. I love you more than the air I breathe, I just want to be with you my husband.
August 11, 2017
Pray for sunshine tomorrow my love. We will make you proud.
July 27, 2017
My love,
Please watch over Stein this weekend. He needs you and all the angels to keep him safe. Thanks Mike I love you so much❤❤
July 15, 2017
My love,
Today was so very hard for me. I miss you so much I just am finding it so hard to go on. Nothing is the same I see you everywhere and you are nowhere. I pray constantly hoping for guidance. Life is not happy Mike without you. I love you forever
July 4, 2017
Happy 4th my love. This was one of our favorite days. The boat and your tube miss you. I miss you more. We had such a wonderfully happy life. I love you Mike❤❤
June 29, 2017
Mike,
I am sitting outside listening to Luke Bryant and thinking of us. I am so sad without you my husband. I am still so in love with you and my heart is just so broken. I don't know how to heal and don't think I can. You are so much a part of my soul.
June 18, 2017
Happy Father's Day my husband. Thank you for loving us and being the best dad to Stein. My toes touching yours forever❤❤
June 9, 2017
The moon was pink tonight on the water. Wish we were out on the boat looking at it. I miss you so much it takes my breath away still. I want our
Ives back.
You look so happy my love.
Laura
May 25, 2017
May 17, 2017
To my love,
Words could never express how prou I am of you and how proud I am to be your wife. Happy anniversary, even though you are not here I still celebrate our love and life. I always ache for you and will never understand the why. Thanks for loving me and more than that, loving Nick. I couldn't have done it without you. Life is empty but I am doing my best because I know that is what you want. Until I feel your arms around me again forever my toes touching yours. I love you my husband❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Happy encounter with Anthony at one of your favorite stops. God I miss you❤
Laura
May 3, 2017
April 30, 2017
Thank you my love for taking care of Nick and I. And for making it possible for me to have some fun. I love you more than life Mike. I will see you sometime soon, come for me xo
April 16, 2017
HappyMy love,
I am sitting on our iron rockers in the back yard here at our new place thinking you should be here with my feet in your lap doing what? Yup, rubbing. Them! I have thought about you all day on this your birthday. You would be 58 today but to Stein you would always be what? 45! I love you more than life more than the breath I take. I would trade places with you in a second for nobody deserved life more than you. Happy birthday Happy Eastwr, forever my toes touching yours❤❤
April 2, 2017
We went to the wedding, it was everything you thought it would be. Your son looked very handsome. I just wished you were beside me. I miss you so much my love.
March 26, 2017
This weekend I did what you have always done, take care of family. It was bittersweet being there without you. How I wish you were beside me, I love my husband.
March 20, 2017
Mike,
Yesterday I couldn't stop thinking that last year it was the last Sunday morning we spent having coffee and the day together. And tonight was our last family dinner together. Nick and I met you at Sweet Jenny's. You and I walked home laughing about how cold it was and holding hands as always. What happened to our beautiful life? Why am I still here with you gone? I am trying but my life has been forever destroyed. I love you more. God bless you husband❤❤
March 3, 2017
Mike,
I can't believe it is almost a year since I last held your hand and saw you smile. I am so unhappy without you by my side. Nick is adjusting but it is so hard for both of us. Life will never be as rich or full as it was.. I love you so very much please wait for me❤❤
February 1, 2017
Mike I miss you so much there is so many things I need to talk to you about. It has been over 10 months since I have held your hand or felt you sleep next to me . I just can't believe it still. It feels like a horrible dream. I love my husband. I am so heart sick.
January 28, 2017
Just as I felt I was in my darkest hole Dylan arrived. Since I first laid eyes on him I have felt that you sent him. Yesterday for the first time since you left I felt excited. Something only you and I really get as we used to talk about many times. Be with me Mike help me heal. I love you forever❤
January 21, 2017
My love my soulmate, I am having such a hard time healing. I feel stuck in my heartbreak I just miss holding your hand and feeling my head on your shoulder. I am trying Mike but I just want to have you by my side. I love you so much, a deal is still a deal, forever❤
January 9, 2017
I bought a horse can you believe it? I can still see you and here you say let his nose out more as you rode pass. One hunk of a cowboy you were. You are with me in my mind every minute of every day. It is like our life continues on a more private level. I love you Mike❤❤
December 25, 2016
Merry Christmas Mike. We miss you too much. Nick got his gift from Chompy last night and we both just sat by the tree crying. Life is not fair, for me there is no life with you gone. I hope you are cooking up there, but please look down on us and remember I love you forever.
Michelle
December 24, 2016
Merry Christmas my brother. Today and tomorrow will definitely not be the same without you here with us. We all miss you so very much. I miss your joking with me and all the laughter. I also miss my sister. She tries to be so strong but I know her heart is crumbled. Always stay next to her please. Love you so much.
December 22, 2016
Nick and I had dinner at Luke's last night. Luke really misses you. He is coming to see you with us on Christmas morning. On the way home nick heard The ma he didn't have to be on the radio. He said "now this song reminds me of Mike". We miss you so much nothing will ever feel the same. I love my husband❤❤❤
December 18, 2016
Sitting here having my coffee watching the Christmas tree all lit up so early in the morning remembering this was one of your favorite things, the peace and silence. I miss you so much Mike, my heart hurts. I love you more than life and beyond death.
December 3, 2016
Today is our sons 21 st birthday. How I wish you were here to give him your laughter and love. We miss you so much words can't begin to describe. Wait for me Mike
November 19, 2016
Well we moved and it was a horrible day. The house is beautiful but my heart is so empty without you. Hope heaven is treating you great you deserve it. I miss you Mike. My toes touching yours.
November 2, 2016
Mike,
Sometimes it feels as though you never were here, and others it as though I feel your touch. I have never loved anyone as I do you, and feel as though I have lost myself. I want my husband home with me. Your shed is empty it breaks my heart. In 2 weeks we are moving, life is a bad dream.nick is doing good you would be proud. Me, I still want to be with you although I don't tell everyone anymore. Don't want to burden anyone. I need my best friend, there are so many things we need to talk about my love.
October 20, 2016
It was the most beautiful amazing sight on the bay in the sky, you passing up to heaven!! Thank the Lord for letting us watch you enter paradise!! We love you so very much Mike Stiles❤❤❤ God bless you forever wait for me. A deal is a deal forever!!
October 14, 2016
Mike,
Looks like we will be moving soon. I have so many mixed feelings. All our memories and history are here, you know I love our home. But you are not here and nothing is the same. I am so unhappy without you. Please help me be strong for Nick. A deal is a deal forever my love, my soulmate.
September 25, 2016
I miss my husband
September 19, 2016
Mike,
Spent the week in Myrtle Beach at out favorite spots. Visited with all of your family only thing missing was you. Felt your arms around me in church, wish I could see your beautiful smile. I miss you so much my life will never be happy again. I love you
September 14, 2016
House is coming along. Looks like our plan is going to fly. Not the same without you. I am going to our place tomorrow and will see everyone to continue the ties. I miss your smile and your toes. I love my husband❤❤
August 30, 2016
How much more can we take? We need you back home!
Laura
August 27, 2016
God I miss you my love❤❤
August 17, 2016
Today is a special day to us, I am sure you remember. The trip from Georgia for the last time to a new beginning. I wish we had done that in 1989 then we would have had many more years. What did you use to say, we would have never made it then. I miss my husband. I love my husband. I am lost without you.
August 10, 2016
Mike,
I can't believe it has been almost 5 months since you left us. As time goes on it is so much harder to be without my soul mate. I miss you so much, I am so sad. To go from being as happy as we were to this heartbreaking sadness is horrible. I love you Mike, with every breath I take.
July 24, 2016
My dear husband,
I think of you every minute day and night. I miss you more than words can say. I want to thank you for loving me and taking care of our family. I pray you are with the Lord, as I know you should be. Your "guys" are taking us out Thursday, they miss you too. I am moving forward with our plan however life is very empty for me. Nick is excited and you would be proud of him. You did a good job. I love you forever Mike, and that deal is still a deal honey.❤❤
July 9, 2016
The 4th was unbearable without you. I miss you so much it physically and hurts. Every day is a nightmare and I am so
Lonely for you my love. I can only pray we will be together someday soon. Rest well Mike till then, a deal is a deal.
July 1, 2016
First fire of the summer last night with Tom and Vanessa, the kids and our Nick. Only thing missing was you, God I miss you. The 4th is coming up our favorite boat day. I just don't know how to go on. I hope heaven is glorious, you deserve it to be.❤❤
June 25, 2016
Well honey we have decided to sell the house. Neither of us can bear being here without you. I am so worried about Nick he never laughs anymore. What happened to our wonderful life. You were taken from us. And you used to call me the glue, told you you were wrong. I miss you Mike, my heart hurts so much.
June 18, 2016
Happy Father's Day my love. Thank you for raising Nick to be the man he is. Thank you for all the love and wisdom you gave. God bless you my husband, I love you more now and forever.❤
June 16, 2016
You should be here it's one of those moments that's got you written all over it my love. For ever a deal is a deal xo.
June 13, 2016
My love tomorrow I go to Edisto to visit WLter and Gwen. Can't believe you won't be by my side to see your best friend. I feel as if half of me is lost forever. I love you more Mike, with every breath I take and every tear I cry. My toes touching your toes forever.❤❤
June 11, 2016
The boat races starts tomorrow without you. We miss you terribly and wish you were here. A deal is a deal forever
May 29, 2016
Today the boat went in, you would have loved it and been so proud! Danny painted the bottom and Jeff and Terri came too. Nick dropped her in. We went to the inlet and I am sure you saw the huge blue fish Jeff caught. I wish you were there but I am also sure you write. I am keeping her, I promise I will make you proud. I love you forever Mike, a deal is a deal.❤❤
May 26, 2016
Well the first holiday weekend without you. I feel so alone and hate life without you. I,pray constantly for the lord to guide me, however so far it has not helped. I miss you Mike and only want to be with you. Happy Memorial Day in heaven, I love you more.
May 22, 2016
I miss you so much my husband. My toes miss yours I long to hear your voice. I hope heaven is as glorious as it is to be you deserve it.
May 17, 2016
Happy anniversary my love.. Twenty seven yea s ago I saw your bubble but lunging a horse and I fell in love. I am grateful for all of our years and thank god every day for the ove we shared. Wait for me in heaven I miss you Mike.
May 14, 2016
You would be so,proud of us today. Nick and I with the help of Danny cleaned your boat. I do not know how you did all you did you were amazing! Then I helped Lucretia weed eat and plant in the front. I am going to clean up their back this week, just like you always did. When I got home your certification and Nicks for your titles came in the mail. I am so proud of you both. Having dinner with Teddy and Lucretia tonight. The only thing missing is you. God I miss you so much.
May 13, 2016
Sitting outside having our morning coffee under our canopy. We think about you always. Please give Laura n Nick strength. Love you brother.
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