BEDFORD – Myra Elaine Colglazier, 64, passed away at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, August 15, 2015, at Indiana University Health Hospice House in Bloomington after a lengthy and hard fought battle with cancer.
Born October 28, 1950, in Bedford, she was the daughter of Warren G. and Francille (McDonald) Colglazier.
Myra was a graduate of Mitchell High School in 1968, and received degrees from Indiana State University and Indiana University. She was a retired optician. As a young person, she was active in 4-H and had served as an IFYE delegate to Jamaica. Myra also loved working with animals and the elderly.
Myra was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bedford but claimed the Huron Baptist Church, where she started her Christian Journey, as home.
Surviving: sisters, Marietta Swaim, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Anita Colglazier, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
brother, Mark Colglazier, Mitchell
nieces, Marcianne Colglazier, Crete, Nebraska
Kelly (Howard) Zellman of Burbank, California
nephews, Terry Allen (Blair) Colglazier, Clinton, North Carolina
Charles Warren(Mallory) Colglazier, Mitchell
Her parents and brother, Terry Colglazier, preceded her in death.
A memorial service for Myra will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church located at 1515 20th Street in Bedford, Indiana, with Rev. Dr. Kregg Burris officiating. Family and friends will be received immediately after the service. Everyone is then invited to a Celebration of Myra’s life in the church dining room from 12:00-2:00 p.m. for a light lunch and to join the celebration of Myra’s life.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, 201 South University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906; Indiana 4-H Foundation, 615 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907; Indiana Health Hospice House, 2810 South Deborah Street, Bloomington, IN 47403
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