Helen Cecelia Miles, age 91, formerly of Springfield and Bardstown, passed away Saturday August 17, 2013 at Nazareth Home in Louisville.
She was born February 28, 1922 in Holy Cross, KY. She formerly worked at Fast Food Mart in Springfield and was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Manton, Saint Dominic Catholic Church in Springfield and Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Bardstown.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Cleaver Miles, her parents, Augustine Celestine Wheatley and Mary Eliza Kelty Murphy, one son, Thomas Raymond Miles, one daughter, Brenda Reid, one sister, Margaret Ewing, two brothers, Carl and Charles Marvin Wheatley and three grandchildren.
Survivors include five daughters, Jeanette Burdette, Mary Hagan, and Monica Mills all of Louisville, Rita Goldstein of Bardstown, Sheila Smith of Harrodsburg, four sons, Mark Miles of Mount Washington, Gus Miles of Bardstown, Donnie Miles of Loretto and Benny Miles of Louisville, two sisters, Monica Stiff and Dorothy Phillips both of Louisville, 22 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 AM Tuesday, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Manton. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Matthew Hardesty will be the celebrant.
Visitation is 1:30 PM till 2:30 PM Monday at Nazareth Home, 2000 Newburg Road, Louisville and 4 PM till 9 PM Monday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto with a prayer service at 8:45 PM.
Memorial Donations may be made to the Holy Rosary Cemetery or Nazareth Home.
Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers and her granddaughters will serve as honorary pallbearers.