Patricia Louise "Patty" (Biles) Miller
Marriages
Leonard Vaughn - 1947
Dick Nichols - 1986
ilt Miller - 2006
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6A Obituary - November 7, 2017
Patricia Louise Miller
September 27, 1930 - November 2, 2017
Our beloved wife, mother,
and friend passed into eternal
life on November 2, 2017.
Patricia L. "Patty" Miller
was born September 27, 1930,
in Denver, CO to Stanley
"Bud" Biles and Lois Wells
Biles. Patty said as soon as
she opened her eyes they
headed back to the Western
Slope. She grew up in the
Skull Creek, Blue Mountain area where her folks had a
homestead. They put her on a pillow on the saddle in front of
her mother and rode horseback all over.
Patty married Leonard Vaughn in 1947 in Vernal, UT when she
was 16 years old. They cowboyed on Blue Mountain and around
Meeker where their sons were born; Boone in 1958 and Lowell
in 1959. They moved to Arizona for five years then back to
Colorado to the Uncompahgre and Pinyon Mesa. She was
always thankful that she had lived the life she lived and was
able to raise her boys on a ranch and to see her grandchildren
raised the same way. She and Leonard loved to dance and would
sometimes drive a hundred miles to go dancing. She loved to
tease and to pull jokes on others.
She was able to go back to her beloved Blue Mountain for a
while before to Clifton, CO. They still cowboyed until Leonard
passed from this life in 1994. They enjoyed 47 years of
marriage. She went on cattle drives, a horse drive, a wild horse
chase and a three-day pack trip on the Flattops the year after he
passed.
Patty married Dick Nichols in 1986. She became "step-mom"
to his eight children. They enjoyed traveling and took trips to
Alaska, Tennessee, Texas, Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Dick
passed away in 2004. After, she still went up to her sons ranch
and helped whenever she could.
In 2006 she married an old friend, Milt Miller, "the perfect
man". She again become "step-mom" to his three children. They
continued to live in Clifton, going to the ranch and helping with
the cattle, going dancing, attending auctions and traveling to
reunions.
A woman of many talents, Patty was a published writer and
extraordinary artist. Her paintings hang on walls all over the
country as she loved giving them to loved ones.
She is survived by her loving husband, Milt; sons, Boone
(Sherry) of Piceance Creek and Lowell of Clifton; sister, Elva
Jean Murry of Dinosaur, CO; grandsons, Kyle (Rachel) of
Golden, CO; Kelby of Ft. Bragg, NC (US Army);
granddaughter, Emma Brown of Meeker, CO, and two greatgrandchildren;
special nephew, Jim (Janice) Vaughn of Questa,
NM; Dick and Milt’s children, Bonnie (Bob) Shaw of Oregon;
Ken (Linda) Miller of Idaho, and Clydi Evans of Clifton, CO.
She was predeceased by her parents; husbands, Leonard and
Dick, and an infant son.
Services will be Saturday, November 11, 2017, at The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Grand Mesa Ward, 3076 E
½ Road. Viewing will be a 10:00 a.m. followed by the funeral at
11:00 a.m. Interment will be at Grand Junction Memorial
Gardens.
Memorials may be made to HopeWest Hospice, 3090B N. 12th
St., Grand Junction, CO 81506 or to Community Hospital
Oncology, 2596 F Road, Grand Junction, CO 81505.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5A Death Notice - November 9, 2017
Patricia “Patty” Miller, 87, Clifton, died Nov. 2, 2017, at her
home.
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3076 E 1/2 Road. Services will follow at
11 a.m. at the church. Interment will be at Grand Junction Memorial
Gardens.
She was a rancher.
Survivors include her husband, Milton; three sons, Boon Vaughn
of Rifle, Lowell Vaughn of Clifton, and Ken Miller of Idaho; two
daughters, Clydi Evans of Clifton, and Bonnie Shaw of Oregon.
Memorial contributions to HopeWest, 3090B N. 12th St., Grand
Junction 81506; or to Community Hospital Oncology, 2596 F Road,
Grand Junction 81505.
