Doris Eileen MILES

Mrs. Doris Eileen Miles, 80, of 2000 Sycamore, died at 2 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 1, 2011) in the Good Samaritan Home.

Born March 8, 1931, in Quincy, Doris was a daughter of Elmon "Bill" and Rose Hultz Bowen. She married James Ellis Miles on Feb. 2, 1952, in Oceanside, Calif. He died on June 18, 2007.

Doris was a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher, active with AWANA and helped with many funeral dinners. She was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and bowler and cherished the time she spent with her family, especially the many family vacations they took over the years.

A graduate of Golden High School, Doris was employed at Motorola and later as a school bus driver before becoming a bus driver for the city of Quincy until her retirement.

Survivors include a daughter, Penny Ellen Bockenfeld and her husband, Greg, of Quincy; three sons, Matt Elmon Miles and his wife, Sherry, of Quincy, Marty Ellis Miles and his wife, Diana, of Payson and James Kipp Miles and his wife, Bonnie, of Deltona, Fla.; eight grandchildren, Travis Bockenfeld (Jamie), Heather Ellixson (Joe), Tracy Ludwig (Dan), Amanda Window (Ryan), Matina McClelland (Eric), Samantha Miles, Troy Platt and Paula Sue Lindquist; 14 great-grandchildren; a brother, Elmon "Bud" Bowen and his wife, Pat of Vacaville, Calif.; two sisters, Mary Eicken and her husband, Dale, of Chandler, Ariz. and Alice Greene and her husband, John, of Eldridge, Iowa; two brothers-in-law, Oscar Miles of Quincy and Timothy Miles and his wife, Donna, of Northbrook; five sisters-in-law, Vivian Miles, Mary Miles and Jeanne Miles, all of Quincy, Clara Bollin and her husband, Leo, of Nauvoo and Leandra Samuel and her husband, Michael, of Naperville; and many loving nieces and nephews.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jim; three brothers, Glen Bowen, Homer Bowen and Bob Bowen; three brothers-in-law, Paul Miles, Oliver Miles and Carroll Miles; and three sisters-in-law, Mardelle Miles, Rosemary Aspeotis and Wanda Dicks.

SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday in Lighthouse Baptist Church with Pastor Tim Dougherty conducting. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery.

VISITATION: From 10 a.m. until time of services Monday in the church.

MEMORIALS: Lighthouse Baptist Church.

ARRANGEMENTS: Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.whig.com.