Myrna Rose Royal

On August 24, Myrna passed peacefully in her sleep due to injuries she sustained from a fall at home. Myrna was born in Fort Pierre, SD in 1935 and was the youngest of Solomon and Roberta Smith Hoy's six children. Roberta passed away while Myrna was still an infant and Solomon assumed the dual role of father and mother. Solomon remained completely devoted to his family for the remainder of his life and was forever Myrna's role model. The Hoy family moved to Oregon in 1941 where Myrna graduated from Tigard High School. While she attended Willamette University she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority and worked part-time for Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company, where she met and fell in love with her future husband, Joel Francis "Bud" Royal. Myrna and Bud were married for almost 40 years until Bud's death in 1996. The couple lived in Lake Oswego, OR for the first 12 years of their marriage where they had three children. They relocated the family to Lake Forest Park, Seattle in 1969. Myrna worked for decades as medical bookkeeper in several practices in Portland, Seattle and ultimately in Vancouver, WA. Myrna was a life-long member of the Methodist faith and her devotion to her family was nothing short of extraordinary. She worked tirelessly to provide opportunities for her children to develop, and she ensured they learned responsibility and that putting others before self was the most important character trait. She was courageous, had a generous and forgiving heart and took immense joy in the successes of others. She was the "other mother" to many and will be missed greatly by family and friends. Myrna was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and her five siblings, brothers Bob, Dick, and Don Hoy and her sisters Harriett Hoy Sweeney and Judy Hoy Wolfe. She is survived by her three children, Roberta Carolyn Bentson-Royal, Joel Patrick (Debra) Royal, and Matthew Joel Royal as well as six grandchildren, twins Matthew Bernard and Michael Solomon, Joel Thomas and Aaron Joseph Bentson-Royal, Melissa Rudberg-Humphrey, and Victoria Kathleen Royal and Patrick Benjamin Royal. A celebration of life service will be held on September 24th at 2PM at the Royal Oaks Country Club in Vancouver, WA.

Myrna Rose Royal

January 30, 1935 - August 24, 2023