Miles VerHoeven, age 54 of Elgin, passed away unexpectedly at home, from natural causes on September 2, 2014.

Service of Remembrance for Miles will be on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 1:00 pm MT at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin, with Pastor John Amundson, officiating. Burial will be at the Pilgrim Home Cemetery in Strasburg, ND at 2:00 pm CT on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 with Rev. Randy Cloud officiating.

Visitation will be from 1-5pm MT on Sunday, September 7, 2014 and one hour prior to the service on Monday.

Miles Wade Verhoeven was born to Rusty and Karen (Bailey) VerHoeven in Bismarck, ND on March 5, 1960. He attended schools in Bismarck. He started working with his father in construction at an early age and over the years developed skills in many aspects of the building trades. He was particularly good with rustic and log homes.
He was involved in rodeos as a teenager and continued to enjoy working with horses. As a young man he moved to Lincoln, MT and married Colleen Agnew. Together they had twins, Matthew and Mitchell. They divorced in 1989.

He loved the mountains and anything to do with the outdoors. He hunted, trapped and fished throughout the years. Miles was always learning new things about the nature that surrounded him.
Miles married Charissa (Cheri) Lewis on St. Patrick's Day in 1990.
Survivors include his wife, Cheri, Elgin, ND; sons, Matthew and Mitchell Verhoeven, Bismarck, ND; father, Rusty, Lincoln, MT; brother, Monty Snyder, Lincoln, ND; sisters, Myra Stoop, in Washington state, DeAnn Rios, Lincoln, MT; Sondra (Steve) Quinn, Lincoln, ND; Darla Button, Great Falls, MT; Darcy Lang, in South Carolina; Holly VerHoeven, Lincoln, MT; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Miles was preceded in death by his grandparents, his mother, Karen VerHoeven, and sister, Diane VerHoeven.