PIQUA — Myrtle (Stewart) Yancey, 86, of Piqua died at 9:50 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in her residence at Piqua. She was born in Glomar, Ky. on June 17, 1927, to the late Cholatus and Catherine (Pugh) Byrge. In October 1945, she married Robert Stewart and he preceded her in death on Sept. 1, 1973. In March 1975, she married Enoch V. Yancey and he preceded her in death on Sept. 1, 2012.
Myrtle is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Judy and John Myers of Piqua; two step sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Sandy Yancey of Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Donald and Brenda Yancey, Texas; two step daughters and sons-in-law, Kimberly and Tom Casey, Hamilton and Vickie and Howard Poffenbarger, Somerville; two brothers and sister-in-law, Robert and Mary Ann Byrge, Lafollette, Tenn. and Eugene Byrge, Africa; two sisters, Eva Ochs, Texas and Alice Puckett, LaGrange, Ky.; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, nine step grandchildren and 15 step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Virgil Byrge, Charles Byrge, Cecil Byrge and Buford Byrge; and four sisters, Gladys Smith, Shirley Lischke, Annabelle Clark, and Jeanette Manning.
Myrtle attended Jacksboro High School, Tenn. She was a member of Freedom Life Ministries. Myrtle was a homemaker and owner of Memory Lane Antiques.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua with the Rev. Kevin Nelson and Bishop Robert Hickman co-officiating. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery, Sidney. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice of Dayton, 3131 S. Dixie Dr., Suite 208, Dayton, OH 45439. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.
Myrtle is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Judy and John Myers of Piqua; two step sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Sandy Yancey of Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Donald and Brenda Yancey, Texas; two step daughters and sons-in-law, Kimberly and Tom Casey, Hamilton and Vickie and Howard Poffenbarger, Somerville; two brothers and sister-in-law, Robert and Mary Ann Byrge, Lafollette, Tenn. and Eugene Byrge, Africa; two sisters, Eva Ochs, Texas and Alice Puckett, LaGrange, Ky.; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, nine step grandchildren and 15 step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Virgil Byrge, Charles Byrge, Cecil Byrge and Buford Byrge; and four sisters, Gladys Smith, Shirley Lischke, Annabelle Clark, and Jeanette Manning.
Myrtle attended Jacksboro High School, Tenn. She was a member of Freedom Life Ministries. Myrtle was a homemaker and owner of Memory Lane Antiques.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua with the Rev. Kevin Nelson and Bishop Robert Hickman co-officiating. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery, Sidney. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice of Dayton, 3131 S. Dixie Dr., Suite 208, Dayton, OH 45439. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.
PIQUA — Myrtle (Stewart) Yancey, 86, of Piqua died at 9:50 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in her residence at Piqua. She was born in Glomar, Ky. on June 17, 1927, to the late Cholatus and Catherine (Pugh) Byrge. In October 1945, she married Robert Stewart and he preceded her in death on Sept. 1, 1973. In March 1975, she married Enoch V. Yancey and he preceded her in death on Sept. 1, 2012.
Myrtle is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Judy and John Myers of Piqua; two step sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Sandy Yancey of Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Donald and Brenda Yancey, Texas; two step daughters and sons-in-law, Kimberly and Tom Casey, Hamilton and Vickie and Howard Poffenbarger, Somerville; two brothers and sister-in-law, Robert and Mary Ann Byrge, Lafollette, Tenn. and Eugene Byrge, Africa; two sisters, Eva Ochs, Texas and Alice Puckett, LaGrange, Ky.; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, nine step grandchildren and 15 step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Virgil Byrge, Charles Byrge, Cecil Byrge and Buford Byrge; and four sisters, Gladys Smith, Shirley Lischke, Annabelle Clark, and Jeanette Manning.
Myrtle attended Jacksboro High School, Tenn. She was a member of Freedom Life Ministries. Myrtle was a homemaker and owner of Memory Lane Antiques.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua with the Rev. Kevin Nelson and Bishop Robert Hickman co-officiating. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery, Sidney. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice of Dayton, 3131 S. Dixie Dr., Suite 208, Dayton, OH 45439. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.
Myrtle is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Judy and John Myers of Piqua; two step sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Sandy Yancey of Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Donald and Brenda Yancey, Texas; two step daughters and sons-in-law, Kimberly and Tom Casey, Hamilton and Vickie and Howard Poffenbarger, Somerville; two brothers and sister-in-law, Robert and Mary Ann Byrge, Lafollette, Tenn. and Eugene Byrge, Africa; two sisters, Eva Ochs, Texas and Alice Puckett, LaGrange, Ky.; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, nine step grandchildren and 15 step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Virgil Byrge, Charles Byrge, Cecil Byrge and Buford Byrge; and four sisters, Gladys Smith, Shirley Lischke, Annabelle Clark, and Jeanette Manning.
Myrtle attended Jacksboro High School, Tenn. She was a member of Freedom Life Ministries. Myrtle was a homemaker and owner of Memory Lane Antiques.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua with the Rev. Kevin Nelson and Bishop Robert Hickman co-officiating. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery, Sidney. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice of Dayton, 3131 S. Dixie Dr., Suite 208, Dayton, OH 45439. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.
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