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Laura Rose Stiles Boddy Miller

Female 1942 - 2022  (80 years)


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  • Name Laura Rose Stiles Boddy Miller 
    Born 13 Apr 1942  Dover, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 31 Jul 2022  Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cremated 12 Sep 2022  Private inurnment Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10504  Rossville
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2024 

    Father Howard Norris Stiles,   b. 19 Oct 1903,   d. 8 Aug 1964  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Gertrude M Fox Stiles Skidmore,   b. 28 Feb 1915, Guide Rock, Webster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 2008, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 1939 
    Family ID F1842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Charles D Boddy, III 
    Married 12 Sep  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Documents
    Marriage- Stiles, Laura-Boddy, Charles
    Marriage- Stiles, Laura-Boddy, Charles
    Laura Rose Stiles and Charles D. Boddy III were united in marriage Tuesday evening, September 12, in the Rossville Methodist Church. Rev. Don Jones read the vows in the presence of members of the immediate family and a few friends.

    Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stiles of Rossville and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boddy II of Kansas City, Mo.

    The bride wore a street dress of gray wool. She chose black accessories and wore a corsage of white carnations and red roses. Miss Sharon Davis attended her friend as maid of honor. Her dress was of red wool plaid and she wore a corsage of white carnations with red rose buds.

    Larry Boddy, brother of the groom, was best man.

    Following the ceremony, the couple took a short trip to Arizona. They are at home in the Halcia Cerny residence in Rossville.

    Mr. Boddy has been employed in construction work since his four year service with the U.S. Navy. The bride is a graduate of Rossville High School and attended Clark's Business School in Topeka.

    A reception for the couple was held Sunday, September 24, in the Rossville Community Center. Patty VandeVelde had charge of the guest book. Those at the gift table were Zora Wade, Janice Harth, Diane Swenson, Marie Stiles and Jean Stiles. Others assisting at the refreshment table were Mrs. Dave Stiles, Mrs. James Conley, Mrs. Clyde Rogers, Mrs. Jerry Fritz, Mrs. W.H. Swenson, Mrs. Francis Davis, Mrs. Harley Heiland, and Mrs. Marlin Harth.
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2017 09:17:18 
    Family ID F5835  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. David V Hixon
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2024 19:58:09 
    Family ID F8893  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Apr 1942 - Dover, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Jul 2022 - Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Miller, Laura R.
    Obituary- Miller, Laura R.
    Laura Rose Stiles Miller

    HENDERSON, NV – Laura Rose Stiles Miller, 80, of Henderson, Nevada, formerly of Rossville, Kansas passed away July 31, 2022 at Las Vegas. She was born to Howard N. Stiles and Gertrude Fox Stiles on April 13, 1942 at Dover, Kansas. Most of her early years were spent in Rossville.

    Most of her adult years were in Nevada and Arizona. Until her death she had been employed many years by the Las Vegas School District, operating computers.

    She was preceded in death by her parents, siblings.

    Monte Lee Stiles and Howard Dale Stiles and Marie Owens. She is survived by her sister, Jean Schneider (Patrick) and sister-in-law Toni Stiles, all of Rossville; son David V. Hixon of Maricopa, Arizona; and granddaughter, Ashley Hixon of Chandler, Arizona.

    Laura was cremated on September 12, 2022, at Paradise Valley Crematory, Las Vegas, NV.

    Celebration of Life will be 10:30 a.m., October 8, 2022 at the Rossville American Legion. Inurnment will be private. Memorials may be given to Rossville American Legion, Rossville, Kansas 66533.