Myriam B. Troutman
Birthday: 1925
Tall pretty and shy Myriam Berger grew up in Milwaukee Wisconsin during the Great Depression and met and married Joseph Troutman a handsome young soldier during World War II. Like so many women of her era she devoted her early adulthood to making a loving and comfortable home for her husband and four daughters. She led by example in her faith in her devotion to family and in her love of beauty flowers music and humor. Even before the Women's Liberation Movement Myriam had established an equal partnership in her marriage pursuing many of her own interests while lending unfailing support to those of her husband and children. As her daughters were becoming independent young women Myriam returned to school and studied nursing at Arizona Western College in Yuma Arizona. She became a Registered Nurse in 1970 setting a state record for her score on the licensing examination. She worked at the Yuma Regional Medical Cener for 15 years retiring in 1984. She passed away in 1993 at age 67 after a long battle with cancer and is missed every day by her family and friends. --Marilyn Sell Myra Spence and Sharon Thomson