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Anchorage Daily News July 23, 1998

Eagle River resident Miles Austin CHATFIELD, 20, died July 19, 1998, as a result of an auto accident on the Glenn Highway. A visitation was held July 23 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Eagle River. Services were July 24 at St. Andrew's. The Revs. Steve Baliko and Jim Dougherty officiated. Burial was in Palmer Pioneer Cemetery. Pallbearers included Tom CHATFIELD, David Chatfield Jr., James CHATFIELD, Jarrett Zuspan, Rob Moidle, Ryan Hendricks and Sean Lawlor. John Chatfield was an honorary pallbearer.

Mr. Chatfield was born Dec. 23, 1977, in Richland, Wash., and moved to Eagle River in 1981. He was a 1996 Chugiak High School graduate and attended AVTEC and the University of Alaska Anchorage. Mr. Chatfield was a referee for the Anchorage Hockey Association during his high school years. He had also worked with landscaping and was working with Sawhorse Construction at the time of his death. He enjoyed hockey, dirtbiking, skiing, fishing, hunting and music. His family said, ''Miles was a loving son, brother to his family. He had a kind, gentle, unselfish soul to all around him. He was a favorite of his nephew, Austin Ross CHATFIELD, who loved him very much. Miles accepted a disabling accident two years ago with dignity and enthusiasm to do his best. He was looking forward to entering the electrical field as a career.''

Mr. Chatfield is survived by his parents, David and Eileen Chatfield of Eagle River; sister, Leanne Chatfield of Seattle; brother, Jason Chatfield of Bellingham, Wash.; brother and sister-in-law, David and Tiffany Chatfield of Anchorage; nephew, Austin Ross Chatfield of Grand Junction, Colo.; grandmother, Helen Chatfield-Weeks of Whidby Island, Wash.; uncles, Jim, John and Tom Chatfield; aunts, Linda and Camelia Chatfield and Joyce Morgan; and his girlfriend, Mandi Meloy. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Col. James David Lloyd Chatfield; and his grandparents, Edward Keenan Brady and Mary Elizabeth Brady. Memorial donations may be directed to the Miles Chatfield Memorial Fund, account 2101587-947, at any branch of National Bank of Alaska. Arrangements were by Evergreen's Eagle River Funeral Home.

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