PAWLAK, Myrtle Rose

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ 10/28/2005 Myrtle Rose Pawlak, 51, of Nampa, former Twin Falls resident, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005 at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born March 5, 1954 in Downey, California the daughter of "Bus" and Willa Mae Miller. Myrtle was raised in San Bernardino, Calif. where she graduated from Pacific High School in 1972. She married Ken Pawlak April 14, 1973 in San Bernardino. They moved to the White Mountains of Arizona in 1979 where they resided until they moved to Twin Falls, ID in 1992. In 2001 she and her husband moved to Nampa, Idaho where she has since resided. Together she and her husband owned a nursery in Arizona until 1985. She also was a landscape artist with Pinetop Country Club in Arizona from 1983-1992. When she and Ken moved to Twin Falls and became involved with Lighthouse Christian Fellowship she served as church secretary, was a counselor for women, and together they served married couples in the congregation. In 2001 she and Ken started Living Springs Fellowship in the Treasure Valley of Idaho where she was instrumental in all aspects of the church. Myrtle enjoyed traveling, gardening, water skiing, jet skiing, horseback riding, hiking, and camping. In addition to her husband of Nampa she is survived by five siblings: Jerry Miller of Pampa, Texas, Marty Webster of Buena Vista, Colo., Katy Littrell of Claremore, Okla., Darlene Crawford of Mayes, Okla., Mary Speed of Amarillo, Texas, and by numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Frosty Miller. Memorial services will be conducted 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29 at Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, in Twin Falls, with Pastor Dan Romans of the Lighthouse Christian Fellowship of Elko officiating. Flowers may be sent, or donations may be given in Myrtle's memory to Answers in Genesis Ministry, P.O. Box 510, Hebron, Kentucky 41048. Services are under the direction of White Mortuary, "Chapel by the Park."