Allegan, MI, a retired archivist, died Friday, March 11, 2005 at Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, MI. Mrs. Miles was born November 26, 1921 in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Lloyd Randolph DeWitt Fayling and Ida May (Warner) Fayling. Her family lived on a houseboat in White Bear Lake, MN; they later moved to Kalamazoo, MI. She met her late husband, Richard D. Miles, in 1939 at Kalamazoo College, where she graduated with honors and a double major in history and journalism. They married before Mr. Miles enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps, and after he returned from the war, they settled in Ann Arbor, MI. In 1947 they moved to Detroit, MI, where he began many years of teaching in the History Department at Wayne State University. Mrs. Miles raised seven children, and was active in community and school affairs in Detroit and Highland Park, MI. In 1959 she brought the children by freighter to India, where they joined her husband, who was taking up a Fulbright Professorship for one year in Madras (Chennai). She later earned an MLS degree at Wayne State University, and held the position of archivist at Wayne State's Walter P. Reuther Library. She was a specialist in labor history, and published Something in Common: An IWW Bibliography (Wayne State University Press, 1986), a reference book on the International Workers of the World. Mrs. Miles was awarded an emeritus membership in the Midwest Archives Conference for her many contributions to the organization. She enjoyed reading, traveling, opera and theater, and collecting cookbooks. Mrs. Miles is survived by seven children, Julie Miles of Amherst, MA, Dr. Linda Miles Coppens of Black Mountain, NC, Karen (Thomas) Voigts of Allegan, MI, Dr. Margaret M. Miles of Irvine, CA, Rebecca J. Miles of Allegan, MI, Jon R. Miles of Escondido, CA, and Michael (Laura) Miles of Niles, MI; 1 sister, The Rev. Enid Fayling Smith; 9 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, March 17, at the Gorden Funeral Residence, Allegan Chapel, www.gordenfuneral.com. Private memorial services will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dione Miles Memorial Library Fund, established in memory of her love of young adult literature and her constant encouragement of reading, at the L.E. White Middle School, 3300 115th Ave., Allegan, MI 49010.