Essie Lou Myhan, of Florence, age 96, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at ECM Hospital. Visitation will be Friday, June 14, from 6-9 p.m. at Greenview Funeral Home, Florence. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 15, at 11 a.m. at Petersville Church of Christ where she will lie in state at the church from 10-11 a.m. Brother Sonny Owens and Brother Jerry Campbell are officiating. Interment is at Cloverdale Church of Christ Cemetery.
Her grandson, Chuck Rhodes, and great-grandsons, Brandon Nagel, Kyle Culver, Colton and Cade Allen, Tyler Oliger, and longtime neighbor, Ricky Wood, will serve as pallbearers.
Mrs. Myhan was the oldest member of Petersville Church of Christ. She was a homemaker and expert seamstress. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother. She loved flowers, especially red roses.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Coburn Myhan; and her parents, Walter and Jennie Holt; brothers, Archie, Walter, Arvel, Arthur, Warren, Erate and Marvin Holt; sisters, Odie, Ollie and Ethel McFall and Addie Gilchrist and Hattie Bevis.
Survivors include children, Barbara Rhodes (Hoytt), Betty Hanback (Billy) and Danny Myhan (Connie); grandchildren, Chuck Rhodes, Pam Kurzatkowski, Renee Nagel, Angie Hanback, Karen Petke, Dana Allen, Mandy Barnes, Jana Gray; great-grandchildren, Kaela, Haley and Hunter Rhodes, Stacey and Stephen Ruggs, Megan Kurzatkowski, Brandon, Brittany and Elisha Nagel, Kayleigh and Kyle Culver, Kenni Petke, Colton, Caitlin and Cade Allen, Tyler Oliger and Blake Barnes; great-great-grandchildren, Hayden Nagel, Abigail Thompson, Karmon Wendt and Kendall Ruggs; numerous nieces and nephews; special friends, Marie Darby, Nora Wright and Judy Wood.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Petersville Church of Christ and Cloverdale Church of Christ Cemetery Fund.
Greenview Funeral Home, Florence, is directing.
A special thanks to the third floor nurses station at ECM and Doctors Cole and Chavez and long time physician Dr. Danny Martin.
An online guest book may be viewed and signed at greenviewmemorial.com.
