Myra L. "Babe" Troyer
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| December 5, 1919 ~ June
11, 2011 |
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June 18, 2011 |
 Myra
“Babe” Troyer, 91, passed away on June 11, 2011,
at the Boundary County Nursing Home in Bonners
Ferry. Graveside Services were held on Tuesday,
June 14, 2011, in the Paradise Valley Cemetery,
Bonners Ferry.
Myra “Babe” was born on December 5, 1919, in
Colome, South Dakota, to George and Emma
Patterson.
She moved to Bonners Ferry with her parents and
some of her siblings in 1936. In 1939 she
married William Troyer in Coeur d’Alene. William
died in 1965. Babe moved back to Bonners ferry
and worked in the office at Moyie River Lumber
Co. until 1968, when she married Edgar Troyer
and moved to South Bend, Washington. Edgar died
in 1976.
Babe worked at a seafood cannery as a payroll
clerk until her retirement in 1985. Again she
came back to Bonners Ferry, this time to stay.
She enjoyed bowling and bowled in the women’s
Tuesday morning league until a few months before
her death. She looked forward to her Bible study
group on Tuesday afternoons and her Sunday
School Class both at the Baptist Church.
Babe is preceded in death by her parents seven
half brothers and sisters, two brothers, three
sisters and two siblings who died in infancy.
She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Jo and
son-in-law Floyd Johnson; grandchildren Valen
and wife Pam, who live in Huston, Texas; Robin
of Tampa, Florida; and Cindy and husband Scott
Griggs of Clinton, Iowa, and five
great-grandchildren. Also surviving her is her
sister Betty, and brother-in-law Merrill Marcy
of Bonners Ferry; along with many nieces and
nephews.
Several of those who preceded her in death were
residents of Bonners Ferry to include sisters
Naomi Shurtlieff, Etta Byrne and Cora Sinclair,
brother Oscar Patterson and nieces Ruth Mohn and
Dorothy Unruh.
Among her survivors are several who reside in
Bonners Ferry or the Coeur d’Alene area besides
Berry and Merrill Marcy. They are Glen Patterson
and his wife Beulah, nephew-in-law Delmer Unruh
and grandnephew Mickey Taylor, nieces Marla
Mayer, Midge Brennan and Donna Stippich and
nephew Dale Marcy. They were all actively
involved in her life.
Babe was a firm believer in higher education and
generously supported her grandchildren in their
college efforts.
Family and friends are invited to sign Babe’s
book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. |
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