9.30.2009

Myrtle Leola (Garhart) Poffenbarger


Myrtle Leola (Garhart) Poffenbarger

July 24, 1914 - Neligh, Nebraska
May 29, 2001 - Redmond

'Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandma'

Myrtle Leola (Garhart) Poffenbarger of Redmond died at a Bend adult care facility Tuesday. She was 86.

Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Autumn Funerals in Redmond. The graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. Friday at Terrebonne Pioneer Cemetery on Smith Rock Way near Terrebonne. Pastor Glenn Bartnik of First Christian Church in Madras will officiate. The gathering for family and friends will be held after the service at Jack and Jan Poffenbarger's home at 5491 NW Maple in Redmond.

Mrs. Poffenbarger was born July 24, 1914, in Neeley, Nebraska, to Charles and Bertha (Gates) Garhart. She was raised in Wyoming.

She married Ervin Poffenbarger in December, 1931. He died in 1999.

They moved to Lower Bridge near Redmond in 1942, and then moved to Redmond in 1952.

Mrs. Poffenbarger was a former member of the Rebekah Lodge.

She enjoyed gardening and her family.

Her survivors include:

Daughters, Lois Pfister of Hillsboro, Donna Kroeker of Sheridan and Kay Peterson of Forest Grove

Sons, Charles of Pleasanton, California, Jack of Redmond and Douglas of Boulder Creek, California

32 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ervin.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Bend-La Pine.

Autumn Funerals is in charge of arrangements.

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