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Note: ht knee replaced 11-94; left knee replaced 10-95 CVA/MI 10-95 OBITUARY OCTOBER 26, 1995 - HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD (WRITTEN BY CINDY MYLES) Roy Vernon Myers, 84, of Helena, Montana and El Dorado Springs, Missouri, died early Thursday morning October 26, 1995, in Helena. He was born October 23, 1911,in Little Sioux, Iowa and married Lola Ellen Henly on April 15, 1993, in Scotland, Arkansas. He worked in the logging industry and as a carpenter and farmer. He would often entertain his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren with stories of his experiences. Roy loved to travel and has lived, worked or visited a good portion of the Western United States. He was always willing to offer a helping hand to family, neighbors and friends and will be sorely missed. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Lola; four children, Betty Joan Brown, Mary Ellen Arlint and Roy David Myers of El Dorado Springs, Missouri and Norma Faye Myles of Helena, Montana; 14 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday, October 28, 1995, at 11:30 a.m. at the Retz Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Moody of United Methodist Church in Clancy, Montana officiating. Burial will be in Virgil City Cemetery, El Dorado Springs, Missouri. (Music at the service in Helena, Montana was Tennessee Ernie Ford singing "In the Garden" and "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". The 23rd Psalm was read. (Obituary written by Cindy Hilyen Myles) STORIES FROM ROY'S LIFE He was driving a logging wagon in Scotland, Arkansas past the Henely home. Lola, her sister and mom would wave at him everyday and wondered if he would come to call and who he would pay his respects to when he came. And sure enough one day he came to visit Lola. He father was sitting on the front porch surrounded by his coon dogs and shotgun in hand. But Roy didn't back down and a few months later he and Lola were married. The celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary together and had 5 children (one died as an infant), 14 grandchildren, and 24 great grandchildren. Roy was a farmer and a carpenter in Missouri when the farm they were living on came up for purchase. In fact, he could point out many buildings in the El Dorado Springs and Nevada, Missouri area that the either built or had a hand in building. He and Lola couldn't decide if they should stay and farm or go to Castle Rock, Washington and the logging industry. So they flipped a coin, heads: Castle Rock, tails: Missouri. The coin came up heads and before the week was out the flat bed stock truck with the tarp over the top was once again packed up and off they went to Washington. Once there he learned every aspect of the logging business and traveled to where the work was waiting. He gained quite a reputation in the industry and didn't retire from logging until they began using helicopters (it was too dangerous he said). This was after years of working with horse drawn wagons, hand hewing logs and driving caterpillars and logging trucks. Roy worked for a time for the City of Helena Sanitation Dept. One day as he and his 23-year-old partner were picking up garbage cans and dumping them in the truck. The partner complained "I can't keep up with him. How old is he anyway?" The reply was, "He's 57-years-old and and has 12 grandkids." The partner never complained again. Roy always felt that it wasn't worth doing a job if it wasn't done right. While in Missouri he and Lola had a huge garden and always produced more than they could possible use. One year, they had so many cantaloupes that they took them into the store in Nevada and told him to sell them or give them away whatever they wanted. A few days later a lady who had purchased some at the store wanted more and was directed to Roy's farm. He gave her the culls that he had left at of course no charge. The 4-H kids alwa
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