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Lovis Beatrice Hiles

November 3, 1937 - December 2, 2021

Lovis Beatrice Hiles, nee Osborne, age 84, of Long Grove, Illinois, passed away suddenly at home on December 2, 2021. Lovis was the daughter of the late Melvin and Myrtle Osborne of Mendota, VA and formerly of Slate Creek, VA. Lovis was born and raised up the Woosley Branch on Slate Creek in Buchanan County Virginia. She attended Matney Elementary School where she skipped ahead a grade and graduated from Grundy High School in 1955. Shortly after her graduation in 1956 she left home with her oldest sister Dorothy and moved to Chicago, Illinois. There she began working for A&P Food Stores and worked for them until they closed about 30 years later. She went to work for her ex-husband, Gene Cochran, doing clerical work for his auto body shop. She retired from there in 2016. Lovis was a loyal Chicago Cubs fan. She would go to their games when she could, but most never missed a game on the television and was able to see them finally win a World Series. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Raymond Hiles, her first Husband Arnold Gene Cochran, brother Ramie Osborne, sisters Dorothy Osborne, Ella Beavers, Pinkie Osborne, grandson Christopher Kevin Tracz, nephew Steve Osborne and nieces Janice Barnett and Joan Helton. Lovis is survived by: Her daughter: Ginger Tracz and husband Kevin of Long Grove, IL Her son: Freddie Cochran and wife Annette of Arlington Heights, IL 7 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services for Lovis Beatrice Hiles will be conducted Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 1pm at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands, Virginia with the Rev. Bobby Laney officiating. Interment will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Virginia. Pallbearers will be: Kevin Tracz, Freddie Cochran, Timothy Tracz, Jerry Wess, Ed Barnett, Harold Helton, Mike Still, and George Harrison. Friends may call from 11am until 1pm on Wednesday prior to the funeral. Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia is in charge of arrangements and those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.

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Lovis Beatrice Hiles, nee Osborne, age 84, of Long Grove, Illinois, passed away suddenly at home on December 2, 2021. Lovis was the daughter of the late Melvin and Myrtle Osborne of Mendota, VA and formerly of Slate Creek, VA. Lovis was... View Obituary & Service Information

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