Obituary for Myrna Hardiman

Ponca City Now - July 3, 2017 12:44 pm

Myrna Lou Hardiman

September 20, 1930 – July 1, 2017

Myrna Lou Mercer Hardiman passed away on July 1, 2017 at her home in Blackwell. A graveside ceremony for Myrna will be held on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mount Olive Cemetery in Nardin, Oklahoma.

Myrna was born on September 20, 1930 on a farm west of Blackwell to her parents, Stanton Edward Mercer and Ethel Marie (Diemer) Mercer. She met and married Ernest Newton Hardiman on October 29, 1949. They moved to a farm east of Bramen, Oklahoma and lived and farmed there for 11 years. Before they moved into the town of Blackwell, Earnest began working for Dave Morgan Oil Company. They bought their house in 1963 and lived there until her death. Myrna was a homemaker and belonged to the Vernon H.O.A. Club for over 40 years. After the couple moved to town, she belonged to the First Christian Church and she was a Sunday School Teacher and worked in the nursery for many years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two infant daughters, Vicky Lynn Hardiman and Christie Lea Hardiman, and her husband of over 60 years, Ernest Hardiman.

She is survived by her son, David Alan Hardiman of Dexter, Kansas

Source: Trout Funeral Home