Myrna Loy Warnick

Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend, Myrna Loy Williams Warnick was born in Emery, Utah on June 22, 1936 and died on October 19, 2009.
Her beautiful 73 year life was full of contrasts. Raised a poor coal miner's daughter in Sunnyside , Utah ; nevertheless she loved Black Tie Affairs, the Opera, Escargot and Filet Mignon. Myrna learned to read while playing school in the potato cellar with her sister LaRue. But still, Myrna became a brilliant scholar, a BYU Honors Graduate and Magna Cum Laude Masters of Science Graduate from the University of Utah. She was also a national leader and innovator in Nursing and Hospital Administration. A true historian and lover of the arts; nevertheless, she was blessed with an unrivaled technical and analytical mind. Mom was a faithful, tender Latter Day Saint wife and mother that loved spending time with her husband and children. However, she still shattered the gender based "glass ceiling" of the corporate world. Mom was a highly skilled and knowledgeable nurse that embodied the value of bedside manner and loving care. An austere and dynamic business leader; she would rather curl up with a grandchild reading books than sit in a board room. She was fascinated with traveling the world. She visited Egypt , Jordan , Russia , Israel , all of Europe and lived in Utah , Idaho , Los Angeles , and Chicago ; however she was most at home residing quietly in the shadows of Mount Timpanogas . A fiercely independent, renaissance woman, that knew she was nothing without LaMar, her adoring, loving, and eternal husband of 53 years.

Myrna was preceded in death by her parents; Ethel Evelyn Broderick and George Lambert Milton Williams of Roy , Utah , her brother Garth Williams, and her sister LaRue Oldenwalder. She is survived by her husband Jesse Lamar Warnick, 6 children; Chris (Andy) Caras, Mark (Kath) Warnick, Marla (Dale) Olsen, Lelen Peterson, Curtis (Becky) Warnick, and Travis (Camille) Warnick. She is also survived by 21 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Additionally, she is survived by her siblings Marjorie Rosenlund, Jay Williams and Eddie Williams.

Funeral will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, October 23 at the LDS Chapel, 200 N. 200 E., in Orem with a view one hour prior. Another viewing will be Thursday, October 22 from 6-8 PM at the same location. The family would like to thank the nurses, doctors, and other staff members that cared for mom during the past year.