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Floyd Lee Giles, 79, of Charleroi (Mapleview), died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, in Mon Valley Hospital. He was born Nov. 6, 1927, in Roscoe, the son of the late Henry W. and Blanche Metcalfe Giles. Floyd was a member of Mary, Mother of the Church Parish and a 58-year member of Elks Lodge No. 494, both in Charleroi, the Mon Valley Country Club, the Pittsburgh Symphony Society and the PGA. A 1945 graduate of Charleroi High School, he also was a member of the Reunion Committee. Floyd was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Monessen plant and prior to that was the quality control supervisor at the Charleroi plant of Corning Glass. An avid golfer and bowler, he was captain in several leagues and golfed at all the famous courses, including Pebble Beach and Greenbrier. Floyd also was a champion duck pin bowler in several traveling leagues. He enjoyed traveling, especially to London via the SST Concorde and the Queen Elizabeth II, where he walked among his heritage. Floyd also was a professional gambler, winning many casino tournaments nationwide. Well know for his high IQ, he loved English, history and classical music, especially Mozart. Surviving are his wife and sweetheart since grade school, Eunice Kendrick Giles, and several cousins. Friends will be received in the CARL J. SPALLINO FUNERAL HOME, 819 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi, on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, July 28, at 10 a.m. in Mary, Mother of the Church with the Rev. David F. Dzermejko, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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