Individual Details

Myra Joann Holbrook

(9 Apr 1934 - 30 Aug 2003)

Myra Joann Collins, 69, was taken to live with our heaven- ly father and become our angel on Aug 30, 2003. Born in Worland WY April 9, 1934. Myra was the most kind and loving mother, sister and friend. Her smile, laughter and positive nature was loved by all those who knew her. She will be greatly missed by all of us whose life she touched. Her love will carry on in our hearts forever. Myra was preceded in death by her parents Benjamin and Phila Holbrook, sister Myrtle Verdon and brothers Dwain Holbrook and Dale Holbrook. She is survived by her husband William Collins, son and daughter in law, Jim and Grace Cain, daughter and son in law KC Cain and Phil Luebke, sisters Mereen Klein and Marva Nye, grandson Andrew Cain and stepdaughter Colleen Collins. A memorial service celebrating Myra's life will be on Saturday Sept. 6th at Asbury United Methodist Church at 11AM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her honor to the American Cancer Society.
Published in The Arizona Republic on Sep. 3, 2003.

Events

Birth9 Apr 1934Worland, Washakie County, Wyoming
Census (family)-shared28 Apr 1940(Dr. Benjamin Franklin Holbrook and Phila Adelaide Wilson) Sheridan County, Wyoming
Marriage4 Mar 1978Clark County, Nevada - William Paul Collins
Death30 Aug 2003Arizona
Obituary3 Sep 2003Arizona
BurialNational Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Families

SpouseWilliam Paul Collins (1922 - 2004)
SpouseNorvel Lavell "Bud" Cain (1922 - 1999)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherDr. Benjamin Franklin Holbrook (1883 - 1961)
MotherPhila Adelaide Wilson (1892 - 1955)
SiblingMereen Adlen Holbrook (1913 - 2011)
SiblingMarva Jane Holbrook (1915 - 2010)
SiblingMyrtle Phila Holbrook (1919 - 1997)
SiblingWilson Dale Holbrook (1921 - 1930)
SiblingFranklin Dwain Holbrook (1926 - 2002)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Benjamin F Holbrook Head M 56 Nebraska - Chiropractor, own office
Phila A Holbrook Wife F 48 Nebraska
Dwain F Holbrook Son M 13 Wyoming
Myra J Holbrook Daughter F 6 Wyoming
Albert L Joyce Son-in-law M 25 Wyoming - Deliveryman, creamery
Myrtle P Joyce Daughter F 20 Wyoming

Marriage

Name William Paul Collins
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 04 Mar 1978
Event Place Clark, Nevada, United States
Residence Place Arizona
Registration Date 09 Mar 1978
Registration Place , Clark, Nevada
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Myra Joann Cain
Spouse's Residence Place Arizona
Type of Officiator Religious celebrant

Death

Myra J Collins
Given Name: Myra
Middle Name: J
Surname: Collins
State: Wyoming
Last Place of Residence: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Previous Residence Postal Code: 85053
Age: 69
Birth Date: 09 Apr 1934
Death Date: 30 Aug 2003

Obituary

Deceased Name: Myra Joann Collins
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 3 Sep 2003
Event Place: Arizona, United States
Age: 69
Birth Year (Estimated): 1934

Burial

PLOT Section 60 Site 1592
Inscription: WIFE OF COLLINS, WILLIAM P, MOMM2 US NAVY

Endnotes

1. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT4B-V78 : 16 March 2018), Benjamin F Holbrook, Ward 2, Sheridan, Election District 2, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17-2, sheet 23A, line 35, family 611, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4575..

2. "Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVNH-1RD : 9 December 2014), William Paul Collins and Myra Joann Cain, 04 Mar 1978; from "Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Clark, Nevada, United States, County Book 533, p. B134774, archive film number 531357, Nevada State Health Division, Carson City, and Clark County Marriage Bureau, Las Vegas..

3. United States Social Security Death Index https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT7G-Z4Q.

4. "Arizona, Mesa LDS Family History Center, Obituary Index, 1959-2014", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7B5S-HXT2 : 17 May 2019), Myra Joann Collins, 2003..

5. Find A Grave Memorial 36484313.