Myrtle C. Myers
Myrtle C. Myers, age 91, 2231 Third Street, Bloomsburg (Espy) died at 10:24 p. m. on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the Geisinger Bloomsburg Health Care Center where she was a patient for one week. Her death followed a brief illness.
Born in Bloomsburg on July 31, 1923, she was a daughter of the late John L. and Lillie M. (Carroll) Johnson. She was a lifelong resident of the Bloomsburg area and a 1941 graduate of Bloomsburg High School.
Myrtle was employed by Bob Johnson Co., Bloomsburg, as a secretary for over 40 years.
She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomsburg.
Myrtle enjoyed playing pinochle and bingo with friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Delbert D. Myers on July 6, 2002; by a daughter, Nan Lynn Pursel on November 30, 2010; a brother, John Johnson; and two sisters: O'Dean Johnson and Hazel Hippensteel.
Myrtle is survived by a daughter, Christine A., wife of Robert L. Cromley, Watsontown; a son-in-law, Donald K. Pursel, Bloomsburg; four grandsons: John Tezik, Jarrod Tezik, Jeffrey Pursel and Barton Pursel; by seven great-granddaughters: Maura Tezik, Meghan Tezik, Torie Tezik, Amanda Pursel, Lauren Pursel, Haley Pursel and Harper Pursel; and by four brothers: Robert E. "Bob" Johnson and R. William Johnson, both of Bloomsburg; Harry Johnson, Catawissa, Thomas Johnson, and his wife Frances, Bloomsburg; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. There will be no viewing
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market Street, Bloomsburg.