Helen L. Miles

She was born February 8, 1915 in Amwell Township, Washington County, a daughter of Sheldon G and Cora McQuay Shipe.

Mrs. Miles graduated from Trinity High School and Washington Business School in the class of 1933. That year she married her first husband Ray W. Reynolds.

During World War II she worked in a defense plant in Washington, PA. Later she worked as a teachers’ aide in the West Greene School District.

She was a member of Rogersville Methodist Church.

Mrs. Miles was an avid reader and Steelers fan and loved to sit on her porch, watching the humming birds, enjoying her flowers, and visiting with her neighbors.

She is survived by her daughter Janet R. Reynolds of Ocean Isle Beach, NC; two grandsons, Jonathan Baird of Spencerport, NY and Justin Baird (Missy) of Dauphin, PA; two granddaughters, Kendall Rodriquez (Jason) of Dayton, Ohio and Jorden Welker of Hagerstown, MD; nine great-grandchildren, Jessica and Josh Niell, Stephannie Manti, Bisou Simpson, Holden, Keira, and Jaden Baird, Hartley and Emmeline Rodriguez; four great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her second husband Walter L. Miles who she married in 1984, her sisters, Margaret P. Conkle and Lulu S. Bedillion and her brothers, William W., Robert S., and Donald E. Shipe.

A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, April 30 at 2:30 PM at Rogersville Methodist Church. The family requests that everyone in attendance follow the CDC guidelines of wearing a mask and social-distancing as much as possible. Behm Funeral Home of Waynesburg entrusted with arrangements.