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Myra C. Cordova was born Myra Caroline White on January 30, 1922 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma to Henry Martyn White and Ethelyn Guinn White. She died on July 20, 2001 at the age of 79. She is survived by her loving son, William G. Newsome of San Rafael California, his wife, Nancy, and their young son, Samuel Leland Newsome, who was the light of Myra's life. She is also survived by her brother, William F. White of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, and his family, as well as by her stepson, Clarence James Flaming of Victorville, California. She was preceded in death by former husband, Gene T. Newsome of Oklahoma, and beloved husbands, Clarence W. Flaming and Celso J. Cordova, both of Albuquerque, as well as by her younger son, Robert Mark Flaming, her older sister, Florence White, older brother Jared B. White and infant sister, Mary Charlotte White. Myra graduated with a degree in social work from Oklahoma University. As a single mother, she worked as a grocery clerk for Safeway in Kingfisher. After moving to Albuquerque in 1946, she worked with her new husband, Clarence, as proprietors of the Green Haven Motor Court on North Fourth Street, and later, the Little House Cafe on Central Avenue. Primarily a homemaker in the years that followed, she did postgraduate studies at the University of New Mexico, acquiring a teaching certificate in 1960. Myra taught in the Albuquerque Public School System for over 20 years, first in elementary education and later as a reading specialist. She retired from Truman Middle School in 1982. Myra was a member of the American Business Women's Association, the Albuquerque Association of Educational Retirees, and a former member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary educational sorority. She was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church, where she was a devoted and involved practitioner of her faith. She was most recently active in the congregation of Rio Grande Presbyterian Church. A caring, creative, dynamic individual who lived the values she taught so well, Myra will be missed by those who loved her. Friends may visit from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, July 30 at Fitzgerald & Son Funeral Directors, 3113 Carlisle Boulevard, NE. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 31 at Sunset Memorial Park & Mausoleum, 924-C Menaul Boulevard NE. Memorial contributions may be made in honour of the Myra Cordova Reading Project to the Osher Marin JCC Early Childhood Education, c/o Janet Harris, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael, California 94903.
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