Karen Ann Miles

It is with sadness for our loss that we announce the peaceful passing into eternal life of Karen Ann Miles (nee Hergenrother) at her home in Ashland, Ohio on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Karen was born November 9, 1942, the eldest child of Pauline and Paul Hergenrother of Smethport, Pennsylvania. A graduate of Smethport Area schools and Mercyhurst College in Erie, she entered the teaching profession and taught in the Cleveland and Medina area schools until health issues kept her from the classroom. Karen had a lifetime passion for knitting, sewing, and painting and shared her creations generously with others, privately and as a longtime member of the St. Martin's Knitting Group. She had a particular love of animals, especially the many dogs that graced her life throughout the years. Karen shared this love through her active participation in Therapy Dogs and Bullmastiff Rescue. A knowledgeable and enthusiastic fan, Karen enjoyed watching the Cleveland Cavaliers. Karen will be greatly missed by friends whose lives she touched with humor, wit, and love. Karen is survived by her brothers, Peter and Patrick (Jennifer) Hergenrother; sister, Lisa Hergenrother Miller (Jeffery); daughter, Mary Wasmer; and many nieces and nephews who she loved dearly. She is preceded in death by her husband of 37 years, Randy Miles; her parents; her sister, Mary Murosky; her brothers, Paul Joseph Hergenrother and Andrew Hergenrother. A joint committal service for Karen and Randy will be held in St. Martin of Tours Cemetery, 1800 Station Rd., Valley City, Ohio on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at 1 p.m. A Celebration of their lives will follow at Samosky's, 6738 Center Road, Valley City. A Mass for the repose of Karen's soul will be offered in St. Martin of Tours Church on Sunday, June 30 at 8 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to abarescue@gmail.com via PayPal or by check to ABARS (American Bullmastiff Association Rescue Service), Attention: Virginia Rowland, P.O. Box 300, Templeton, MA 01468, a cause near and dear to Karen's heart. The Bauer Funeral Home, Valley City has the honor of serving Karen's family.