LEWISTON – Donald F. Miles, 76, a resident of 109 Summer St., Auburn, died Friday, Feb. 16, at Central Maine Medical Center after a lingering illness.

He was born in Lewiston, Oct. 31, 1930, the son of Charles and Alice (Shedd) Miles.

He attended Auburn schools and was a 1949 graduate of Edward Little High School. After school, he began his career for the Lewiston Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, where he rose within the ranks to become area manager retiring in 1984, for health reasons after 37 years for Coca-Cola.

After his retirement, both he and his wife, Myra, enjoyed traveling to the Caribbean which he enjoyed very much. Favorite times were also spent at his camp that he and his family built on Pleasant Lake in West Sumner, where many fun-filled summers were spent with his family and friends. Family gatherings were always a welcome treat for Don and his most enjoyable times.

He also loved playing cards on a routine basis as well as attending local bean suppers.

Survivors include his wife, the former Myra Halme, whom he married March 11, 1972, of Auburn; two sons, Michael Miles of Westbrook and his partner, Coleen O’Connell, and Rick Miles, and his wife, Betty, of Auburn; four daughters, Patricia Doucette, and her husband, Richard, of Hopkinton, Mass., Janet Miles of Lewiston and her partner, Tom Wylie, Kimberley Cantrell, and her husband, Jeffrey, of Yorba Linda, Calif., and Christine Miles of Riverside, Calif.; two brothers, Dana Miles, and wife, June, of Portland and Wallace Miles, and his wife, Sandy, of Saugus, Mass.; three sisters, Phyllis Bernard of Auburn, Christine Coots of Mechanic Falls and Nina Mae Stimson, and her husband, David, of Mechanic Falls; three grandchildren, Joseph Doucette, Roxanne Scagliarini and Kyle Cantrell; and many nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents he was predeceased by one brother, Kenneth Miles; and two sons, Robert and Daniel Miles.