Virginia Beach - Mildred Verda Cuthrell Miles passed away peacefully with her immediate family at the age of 93 in Charlottesville, Virginia at the University of Virginia Medical Center on Monday, October 7, 2013. She was the daughter of Emmett Harrison Cuthrell and Roxie Sarah Long Cuthrell of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, Virginia.Mildred was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Bateman Miles, and her daughter, Nancy Sue Miles Morrison. She is survived by her son, Robert Henry Miles and his wife, Jane Irving Calfee Miles, of Charlottesville; her grandson, Alexander Bateman Miles and his wife, Ulrike Werschlan Miles, and her great granddaughter, Katharina Anna-Sophia Miles, of Charlotte, North Carolina; and by her granddaughter, Holen Irving Miles Lewis and her husband, John Jonas Lewis, and her great grandson, Miles Curtius Lewis, of Charlottesville.Mildred was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She was graduated from Portlock High School. For the first part of her career she served as Corporate Secretary of the family business, Cuthrell Machine and Steel Corporation, which among other innovative projects built the training space capsules for NASA's Mercury and Gemini Projects and numerous chemical plants throughout the Southeastern United States. She was also an active community volunteer, serving as the first Deaconess in Rosemont Christian Church and President of the Portlock School PTA.
Mildred spent most of her adult life in Virginia Beach where she owned and operated a fine antiques shop, Mon Petit Chou, and was an active member of the United Methodist Church.
Her talents were many, including music and arts and crafts, and she will be remembered in the Miles Family as "the great listener," who like Emily Dickinson, could be relied on to distill great wisdom and beauty out of small, ordinary, everyday aspects of life. Millie, as she was generally known, was engaged in the lives of all of her family members until her very end. She will be greatly missed, always loved and forever remembered.
A brief burial ceremony will be held at Riverside Memorial Park in Norfolk at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 26, followed at 1 p.m. by a Celebration of the Life of Mildred Miles and a reception for family and friends to be held at the Virginia Beach United Methodist Church at 212 19th Street and Pacific Avenue, with the Reverend Ted David officiating.
Published in The Virginian Pilot on Oct. 20, 2013
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Mildred spent most of her adult life in Virginia Beach where she owned and operated a fine antiques shop, Mon Petit Chou, and was an active member of the United Methodist Church.
Her talents were many, including music and arts and crafts, and she will be remembered in the Miles Family as "the great listener," who like Emily Dickinson, could be relied on to distill great wisdom and beauty out of small, ordinary, everyday aspects of life. Millie, as she was generally known, was engaged in the lives of all of her family members until her very end. She will be greatly missed, always loved and forever remembered.
A brief burial ceremony will be held at Riverside Memorial Park in Norfolk at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 26, followed at 1 p.m. by a Celebration of the Life of Mildred Miles and a reception for family and friends to be held at the Virginia Beach United Methodist Church at 212 19th Street and Pacific Avenue, with the Reverend Ted David officiating.
Published in The Virginian Pilot on Oct. 20, 2013
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Virginia Beach - Mildred Verda Cuthrell Miles passed away peacefully with her immediate family at the age of 93 in Charlottesville, Virginia at the University of Virginia Medical Center on Monday, October 7, 2013. She was the daughter of Emmett Harrison Cuthrell and Roxie Sarah Long Cuthrell of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, Virginia.Mildred was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Bateman Miles, and her daughter, Nancy Sue Miles Morrison. She is survived by her son, Robert Henry Miles and his wife, Jane Irving Calfee Miles, of Charlottesville; her grandson, Alexander Bateman Miles and his wife, Ulrike Werschlan Miles, and her great granddaughter, Katharina Anna-Sophia Miles, of Charlotte, North Carolina; and by her granddaughter, Holen Irving Miles Lewis and her husband, John Jonas Lewis, and her great grandson, Miles Curtius Lewis, of Charlottesville.Mildred was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She was graduated from Portlock High School. For the first part of her career she served as Corporate Secretary of the family business, Cuthrell Machine and Steel Corporation, which among other innovative projects built the training space capsules for NASA's Mercury and Gemini Projects and numerous chemical plants throughout the Southeastern United States. She was also an active community volunteer, serving as the first Deaconess in Rosemont Christian Church and President of the Portlock School PTA.
Mildred spent most of her adult life in Virginia Beach where she owned and operated a fine antiques shop, Mon Petit Chou, and was an active member of the United Methodist Church.
Her talents were many, including music and arts and crafts, and she will be remembered in the Miles Family as "the great listener," who like Emily Dickinson, could be relied on to distill great wisdom and beauty out of small, ordinary, everyday aspects of life. Millie, as she was generally known, was engaged in the lives of all of her family members until her very end. She will be greatly missed, always loved and forever remembered.
A brief burial ceremony will be held at Riverside Memorial Park in Norfolk at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 26, followed at 1 p.m. by a Celebration of the Life of Mildred Miles and a reception for family and friends to be held at the Virginia Beach United Methodist Church at 212 19th Street and Pacific Avenue, with the Reverend Ted David officiating.
Published in The Virginian Pilot on Oct. 20, 2013
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Mildred spent most of her adult life in Virginia Beach where she owned and operated a fine antiques shop, Mon Petit Chou, and was an active member of the United Methodist Church.
Her talents were many, including music and arts and crafts, and she will be remembered in the Miles Family as "the great listener," who like Emily Dickinson, could be relied on to distill great wisdom and beauty out of small, ordinary, everyday aspects of life. Millie, as she was generally known, was engaged in the lives of all of her family members until her very end. She will be greatly missed, always loved and forever remembered.
A brief burial ceremony will be held at Riverside Memorial Park in Norfolk at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 26, followed at 1 p.m. by a Celebration of the Life of Mildred Miles and a reception for family and friends to be held at the Virginia Beach United Methodist Church at 212 19th Street and Pacific Avenue, with the Reverend Ted David officiating.
Published in The Virginian Pilot on Oct. 20, 2013
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