Maxine “Blondie” Miles

Maxine “Blondie” Miles
1923-2022
Gilman City, MO: Maxine “Blondie” Miles, 98, Gilman City, MO passed away Friday, August 19,
2022, at Harrison County Community Hospital with family by her side.
Maxine was born on November 26, 1923 the daughter of Samuel Ellis and Bertha Maxine
(Magee) Funderburg. She accepted Christ at an early age.
She worked at Pattonsburg Cap Factory and Lamberts Cap Factory for several years and she
also worked the farm with her husband.
Maxine married Forest P. “Buck” Miles at the Harrison County Court House on August 16,
1940. They lived and farmed the Bethany area 60 years together and Maxine still lived on the
farm.
She was preceded in death by her husband; son, Marvin D. “Butch” Miles; daughter, Lois
Jean Hager; son-in-law, Carl Cox and a great-great granddaughter, Madison Lynn Miles.
Maxine is survived by her son, Charles (Doris) Miles, Bethany, MO; daughter, Nancy Louise
Cox, Orem, UT; daughter-in-law, Sharon Miles, Gilman City, MO; son-in-law, Robert Hager, St.
Joseph, MO; 11 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; 14 great-great grandchildren and many
nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 25 at Roberson Funeral Home,
Bethany, MO. Burial will follow in Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Bethany, MO. The family will receive
friends from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the
Prairie Chapel Cemetery and/or the Harrison County Cancer Transportation Fund in care of
Roberson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 46, Bethany, MO 64424. Online condolences may be left at
www.robersonfuneralhome.com