Myron Marchant

April 23, 1932 – February 10, 2025

Myron was born at the family home in Aitkin, Minnesota, and was the son of Charles and Theresa Marchant. He died peacefully in his home at the age of 92.

Myron attended school in a one-room school house until he was 9, when his family moved to Kirby, Oregon by train. While in high school, he was active in sports; playing football, basketball and baseball. Myron was also in the Boy’s Glee Club and co-director of the Senior Play. In his senior year, he met his future wife and they had their first date at the school’s Valentine’s Dance. Myron graduated from Kirby High School in 1949, and in 1950, he married his high school sweetheart, Glenda Robinson. He built their home in Cave Junction where they welcomed 2 children, Cindy in 1952 and Dan in 1954.

Myron first worked pumping gas and fixing cars at the CG and E garage until 1951 when he and Glenda moved to San Diego where they both worked in airplane manufacturing plants. They returned to Cave Junction in 1953, and he began driving logging trucks for Don Beard, which continued until 1969 when he got his television technician’s certification through mail extension courses.

In 1960, he moved the family to Grants Pass, where he worked servicing televisions at Pat’s TV and then at Montgomery Wards, eventually returning to Pat’s TV and buying the business in 1967. Myron continued servicing TVs and selling Zenith television sets until his retirement in 1996, after which he and Glenda traveled briefly in their 5th wheel. They eventually bought a house in Coos Bay in 1997, moving closer to their daughter and grandchildren in North Bend. Myron and Glenda celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary in 2017. His beloved wife died after a long battle with cancer in January 2018.

Myron was an avid hunter and skilled fisherman. He treasured trips to Diamond Lake for fishing and camping and delighted in deer hunting with family and elk hunting trips with his buddies to Eastern Oregon. He enjoyed watching horse racing at the GP fairgrounds and played golf for several years, but he especially loved bowling. Myron “Mike” regularly bowled at Caveman Bowl, was inducted into the Grants Pass Men’s Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1978 and the Oregon State Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 2004. Myron was also President of the Oregon Association of Bowlers in the 1990s. He was a man of deep faith and a past member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Grants Pass and a member of Christ Lutheran Church for the last 28 years.

After moving to Coos Bay, he started playing Bridge and looked forward to it weekly. Attending his grandchildren, Rick and Tracey’s numerous performances and events throughout grade school, junior high and high school kept him busy. Myron loved spending time with his grandchildren, sharing family stories, going on outings and supporting them in all of their activities. He cherished his great-grandchildren, Owen and Cecilia, deeply and delighted in watching them grow up. Myron also looked forward to family gatherings and holidays. He was able to be together with family this last year for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.

In the last years, Myron started watching cooking shows and delighted in creating his own recipes and trying new ingredients. He watched golf regularly and followed his favorite golfers weekly. He was a self-reliant man and lived independently for the last 7 years, doing his own cooking and cleaning.

He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Daniel in 1987; wife, Glenda in 2018; brothers, Leonard Marchant, Hilton Marchant and Charles Marchant; nephew, Larry Marchant and niece, Kay Marchant Tordoff.

Myron is survived by his daughter, Cindy and son-in-law, Richard Schultz; grandchildren, Rick Schultz, Tracey and husband, Brian Lorts; great-grandchildren, Owen and Cecilia Lorts; niece, Alice and Mike Romick; niece-in-law, Sharon Marchant; nephews, Albert and Peggy Marchant; Brent and Kim Marchant, Phil and Kelly Marchant, Ryan and Brook Marchant; as well as numerous grandnephews and grandnieces and several great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews.

Per Myron’s wishes, his ashes will be spread in Diamond Lake and Silent Creek.

Family and friends are invited to attend a celebration of life memorial service at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 5 at Christ Lutheran Church, 1835 N 15th Street in Coos Bay. A reception will follow the service in the church social hall.

The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to Christ Lutheran Church Coos Bay, or South Coast Hospice.

Arrangements are under the care of Myrtle Grove Funeral Service- Bay Area, 541-269-2851 www.coosbayareafunerals.com

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