Stanley L. Stiles, a US Army WWII veteran, passed away in Plano Texas May 29th 2022.  He was 96 years old.  Stanley was born May 6, 1926 in Medora North Dakota, the oldest of three children to Arnold and Maye (Moore) Stiles.

Stanley, a.k.a. Buster, lived his earliest years on a ranch in North Dakota. His family later moved to Washington where he graduated as class valedictorian from Grand Coulee High School in 1944. He served with the US Army on Okinawa during WWII and again in Germany as an Army reservist during the Korean war. He graduated from the State College of Washington now known as Washington State University in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He married Carol Markham of Colville, Washington in 1954. Stanley raised a family of three sons with Carol as he fashioned a long career in the cement industry.  He traveled the country while working for Ideal Cement, River Cement, Medusa Cement, General Portland and Lafarge. From early in life, Stanley was an avid outdoorsman and loved camping, boating, snow skiing, hunting and fishing. He retired with Carol to Chewelah Washington in 1989 where, in his later years, he enjoyed restoring classic cars, restoring and flying vintage aircraft as well as plenty of hunting, fishing and skiing. He was an active member of the Chewelah United Church of Christ. He married a second time to Margaret Holland in 2008 after being widowed from Carol. Then moved to Plano TX in 2019 after being widowed a second time. Stanley was a man of kindness and good heart. He always looked forward, didn't dwell in the past and was a much beloved father, grandfather, husband and friend and will be missed.

He was also preceded in death by his oldest son, Randy, in 2004.

Stanley is survived by two sons, Mitch Stiles and his wife Parvin of Plano TX, Mark Stiles and his wife Patty of Owings MD; granddaughters, Sharon Stiles of Baltimore MD and Katherine Stiles of Honolulu HI; grandsons, Aaron Stiles and his wife Monica of Livermore CA , Kevin Stiles of Plano TX, and step grandson, Matthew Trotter of Medellin, Colombia.

The memorial service for Mr. Stanley L. Stiles will begin at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 24, 2022 at the United Church of Christ in Chewelah, WA.  Pastor Becky Anderson will officiate.  Stanley will be laid to rest beside his wife, Carol, at the Chewelah Memorial Park Cemetery in Chewelah, WA.  Please visit the online memorial and sign the guestbook at www.danekasfuneralchapel.com .  Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory is entrusted with the arrangements.