Obituary: Caudill, Myrtle

Sun., March 17, 2013

CAUDILL, Myrtle Wilma Passed away quietly in her sleep on Thursday, March 7, 2013, just six days before her 94th birthday.

Myrtle lived her entire life within three miles of her birth place on the east side of Spokane, WA.

She was born on March 13, 1919 to Charles Sigfried Norman and Martha Alexis Showers in Spokane.

She was the second of nine children.

Myrtle is preceded in death by her parents, six siblings, her husband, Kenneth Arville Caudill; and a grandchild, Gary Lee.

She is survived by her sons, Kenneth Norman and Lawrence “Larry” Dale; grandchildren, Steven Lee Caudill, Todd Wesley Caudill and Colleen Marie Caudill-Warner; three great-grandchildren, Robyn Crystal Caudill, Tonya Rose Caudill and Austin Kenton Warner; her brother, Vernon August Norman and his wife, Peggy of San Diego, CA; her sister, Lois Margaret Lashaw and her husband, Emery of Rockford, WA.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 18, 2013 at 1:00pm at Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home, 1306 N. Pines Road, Spokane Valley, WA.

To leave online condolences and tributes or to read the eulogy please visit their website at www.hazenjaegervalley.com.

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