If you enjoy showcasing your wit and mathematical prowess behind a deck of cards, your bets are now safe.
If you enjoy the footwork of a good two-step, your dance partner is now safe.
If you enjoy putting the pedal to the medal and doing donuts, I-15 between Barstow and Las Vegas or even the Fannin County Recreation Center parking lots are now safe.
If you have ever had to dodge a feisty wheelchair race champion while walking the halls of the Life Care Center of Copper Basin, your toes are now safe.
Ulrike “Uli” Stiles, 57, (or “You-leeee” as southerners lovingly called her) passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2020, after over a decade-long battle with Huntington’s Disease.
Uli was preceded in death by her father, Edgar Strauch. She is survived by her daughters, Jessica and husband Neal of Blue Ridge and Samantha and husband Charlie of Fort Campbell, Kentucky; and by her son, Robert of Fort Hood, Texas. Her six grandchildren, Ryanne, Jackson, Peyton, Ellie, Lesleigh and Cassie, already miss their Oma.
She is also survived by her mother, Heidi; and siblings, Bianka and Andi, both of Germany.
A celebration of life was held Saturday, January 25, 2020, from the Akins Funeral Home Chapel, Copperhill.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Huntington’s Disease Society of America at to help find a cure. Life Care Center of Copper Basin Activities Department, P.O. Box 518, Ducktown, will also accept monetary donation via mail or in person in memory of Uli Stiles. Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill was in charge of arrangements.