Myrna Marie (McDonald) HURD

HURD, BROOKS, TJARKS, KULHMAN, KUHLMAN, PETERS, RISIUS, HALLET, PETERS, MCDONALD, CLASSON, JANSEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/20/2007 at 10:46:43

Myrna M. Hurd, 82, of Marshalltown died of congestive heart failure Friday at Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church in Marshalltown, with burial at Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery in Marshalltown. Mrs. Hurd was born in Franklin County and had lived in Dows from 1946 to 2000, when she moved to Marshalltown. She was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Dows.

She is survived by her husband, Richard J. of Marshalltown a son, Murvil of Eagan, Minn. two daughters, Darla Marie Brooks of Bella Vista, Ark., and Leann Tjarks of Goldfield five sisters, Leora Kulhman and Arleta Peters, both of Marshalltown, Mary Lou Risius of Union, Ruby Hallet of Gifford and Darlene Peters of Marion two brothers, Glen McDonald of Boone and Bernard McDonald of Callaway, Fla. six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at Pursel-Davis Funeral Home in Marshalltown, where the family will be present from 5 to 7 p.m.

Des Moines Register, The (IA)
July 29, 2002

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Myrna Marie Hurd

October 11, 1919 -- July 26, 2002

Myrna M. Hurd, age 82, of the Iowa Veterans Home, formerly of Dows, died Friday, July 26, 2002, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at the First Presbyterian Church of Marshalltown, with Rev. Rich King, First Prebyterian Church officiating. Friends may call for Visitation from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Monday, at Pursel-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory in Marshalltown, where family will greet friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. INTERMENT will be at the Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery, Marshalltown, Iowa. A memorial fund has been established in her name.

Myrna was born October 11, 1919, in Franklin County, Iowa the daughter of John and Lena (Tjarks) McDonald. She was raised and educated in Popejoy, Buckeye, and Iowa Falls, graduating from the Buckeye High School. On November 24, 1939, she was united in marriage to Richard Jay Hurd at Lancaster, Missouri. Following their marriage they lived in Dows, Iowa Falls, and Hampton, returning to the Dows area in 1946. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dows.

Myrna is survived by her husband: Richard J. Hurd of Marshalltown, son: Murvil (Connie) Hurd of Eagan, Minnesota, two daughters: Darla Marie (Mrs. Willis) Brooks of Bella Vista, Arkansas, and Leann (Mrs. David) Tjarks of Goldfield, six granchildren and six great grandchildren, five sisters: Leora Kulhman of Marshalltown, Mary Lou Risius of Union, Ruby Hallet of Gifford, Darlene (Mrs. Leonard) Peters of Marion, Arleta (Mrs. Loren) Peters of Marshalltown, and two brothers: Glen (Mae) McDonald of Boone and Bernard (Jacque) McDonald of Callaway, Florida. She was preceded in death by her parents, two grandchildren: Jeff & Jessica Jansen, daughter: Janet Jansen, two brothers: Leslie & Wilbur McDonald, and a sister: Blanche Classon. Pursel-Davis Funeral Home