Myrna went to be with God on Dec. 22, 2014. She was born on Dec. 14, 1935, in Forks, Wash. to Herb and Evelyn (Fraker) Welch. She grew up in the Wishkah Valley and graduated from Wishkah Valley High School. After serving in the Navy, she married Michael Bodnar from the Wishkah Valley. They later divorced. She later married Ray Fitzgerald from Elma, Wash. During this time she cooked in Aberdeen and Hoquiam. Later they moved to Montana for several years, where she had a job cooking for several ranches. When Ray became ill they moved back to the Wishkah Valley. After Ray’s passing Myrna met Dennis Nearing.
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