Myra Jean Bowman

Birthplace

Brigham City, Utah

Occupations

·         She raised baby chicks and turkeys to sell for Thanksgiving

·         She raised a lamb.

Accidents / Hardships

·         Moved with Rob, Jason and their cat Rick to Payson, UT after a divorce. 

o    "I must say that none of the decisions, plane tickets, getting settled in our home, and all the hundred and one things it takes to move, would have been possible if not for the outpouring of love and help from my family."

Hobbies / Interests

·         Shared her dad’s love for animals, especially horses

·         Loved living on a farm

·         Having a tight bond with her father and watching her Dad play with her boys

·         Loved to watch her boys play sports

Dating / Spouse

·         Married her High School Sweetheart,  Robert Raymond Pokorny.

o    "We were quite steady with one another with few interruptions since the sixth grade.”

o    Bob was Catholic, but converted to the LDS faith and on June 5, 1958 they were married in the little LDS chapel in Madras

Favorite Childhood Things

·         Her first pet Collie, a cat named Shing, her lamb  named Lambkins, and her palomino named Sargeant.

·         Loved her family having a tight bond with her father, watching her Dad play with her boys,

·         Picnicking, camping trips, BBQs ocean trips and holiday dinners

Schooling

·         Kindergarten – Portland, Oregon

·         1st grade through High School in Madraas

Interesting Fact

·         When her mother went into labor with her, her Dad was nowhere to be found, so it became the responsibility of my older brother Garth to get them to the hospital in time, he was very nervous (according to their mother) and had to stop on the way to fix a flat tire.

·         “As a toddler threw 100 dollars into the coal stove having seen others throw paper in.”

o    According to other siblings a letter arrived from their Father from Oregon with ‘a numerous amount of greenbacks’ while the family gathered around to listen to the letter little Myra proceeded to do what she had seen her mother do a hundred times and wadded up the money, thinking it was only paper and threw it into the wood cook stove where it immediately went up in smoke.

Children

·         6 children –

o    Kelie Rae (lived only 12 hours), Kevin John, Todd Raymond, Soni Jean (lived only a few minutes), Robert Roy, Jason Drue

Event / Memories

·         Made an agreement with her Dad to help raise a lamb and when it was old enough, they would sell it and buy a new coat.  Myra loved that little lamb and it would follow her around.  She hoped as Fall drew near that her Father would forget their deal, but one day she came home and her Mother handed her a new coat.  She ran outside to discover Lambkins was gone

o    "Dad once again taught me a hard lesson about responsibility and keeping one's word"

o     "I don't have to tell you how much I hated that coat!"

·         Jarvis took her youngest boys fishing at Payson Lake the whole day, "an experience that has never been forgotten by my boys."