Graveside services for Myrtle Pierce,
84, of Parma, were conducted at the Parma Cemetery Monday.
Mrs. Pierce died Sept. 5 at a Boise Care Center.
She was born in Nampa, Idaho, Nov. 22, 1910, to Connie and
George Frank. The family homesteaded in the Given Hot Springs
area. She married Halley Pierce in 1932. They
operated the Parma Tavern for a number of years and then
continued on with farming in Parma. Myrtle loved the
simple life, her family and her animals. She will be
remembered for her wonderful cooking and her family meals.
She is survived by two sons, Bob and wife Marilyn in
Troutdale, Oregon, and George and wife Virginia in Boise; two
brothers, George Frank of Forrest Hills, Calif., and Gene
Frank of Caldwell; five grandchildren and eleven
great-grandchildren; also two nephews who were very close to
her, Stan Frank of Yarnell, Arizona, and Rod Frank of Kaui,
Hawaii. She was preceded in death by
her husband, Halley, her parents and two brothers. |