I met Miles a couple times in Ohio when our family drove out to visit my paternal grandmother's family. He was a friendly gentleman.
Ernest Miles Mark
6 November 1915 OH - 26 December 1996 OH
Son of: Amos Martin Mark & Lillian Myrtle Hoverstock
Husband of: Helen Virginia Sampsel
Ernest Miles Mark, 81, of 131 S. Main St., Congress Village, West Salem, died Thursday, De. 26, 1996, at the Wooster Community Hospital. Born Nov. 6, 1915, in Chester Township, he was the son of the late Amos Martin and Myrtle Lillian (Hoverstock) Mark.
In 1946 he married Helen Sampsel, who survives.
He graduated from Chester High School.
Mr. Mark was a farmer until 1962 in Chester Township. He was also a custodian at Congress Junior High School and a bus driver for the Northwestern School District. He was a custodian at the City of Wooster Municipal Building, then at Grant St. Elementary School in the Wooster School District, where he retired.
Mr. Mark was a member of the Emmanuel United Church of Christ, a council member of Congress Village, a 50 – year member of Eagles 811 of Wooster and a 50 – year member of ABC Bowing Association. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapping, mushroom hunting and bird watching.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Mark is survived by two sons, Carl Amos Mark and wife Nancy of Wooster, and Melvin Mark and wife Mary of Spencer; two daughters, Naomi Evans and husband Dennis of Cocoa, Fla., and Marita Buchanan and husband Greg of Wooster; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great – grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m., Monday De. 30, 1996, at the McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home in Wooster with the Rev. John Fitch officiating. Burial will follow in Wooster Cemetery.
Friends may call fro 2 – 4 p. m. and 7 – 9 p. m. Sunday at the funeral home.
The family requests contributions be made to the Emanuel United Church of Christ, 6000 Congress Road, Wooster, Ohio 444691.
Source:
Newspapers.com
The Tribune, Coshocton, OH
27 Dec 1996, page 5
