Myrna Lee Crapo

Myrna Lee Mathews Crapo passed peacefully on April 22, 2021, following an extended illness, she was surrounded by family and knowing how much she was loved.

Myrna was born May 13, 1942, in Pocatello, Idaho, the second oldest daughter to Melvin Mathews and Georgia Ormond Mathews. She was blessed to have 3 sisters and they stayed not only close, but best friends for life.

She stayed in Pocatello throughout her life and attended schools there, graduating from Pocatello High School in 1960, in her youth she earned the Golden Gleaner Award, was a 4 year seminary student and served as secretary in the seminary program. She enjoyed participating in church road shows, All-girls dance, and Gold and Green Balls.

She married Robert J. Crapo on March 13, 1965 after they both served honorable church missions.

Myrna was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She held several positions in many of the auxiliaries. It was so important to her to serve and to do whatever was asked of her. She served several missions for the church, including a mission to the American Indians in the Montana area (her favorite mission), and later as a stake missionary, and in the Family History Centers, both in Pocatello and Salt Lake City, Utah.

She loved doing genealogy work and going on family history research trips to Virginia, Salt Lake City, England, Wales, and Norway. She was always accompanied by her sister, Ann Autrey, and they had many happy memories and stories of their travels and adventures. She loved being a member of both the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She held many positions in these organizations and had a lot of fun and was proud of the work she did with the sisters of these groups.

She worked for Met insurance, and many years for the City of Chubbuck as a clerk.

Myrna and Robert had two children, Deborah and Michael. Family was so important to Myrna, and she loved traveling, camping, playing games, and working hard together. She had many hobbies which included music, singing, piano, travel, handy crafts, gardening and canning, genealogy and teaching others about genealogy.

She is survived by her sisters, Karen Andersen- Pocatello, Ann Autrey(Dan) and Jill Miller both of Kennewick, WA, her daughter, Deborah Call of Pocatello, and son, Michael (Jill) of Idaho Falls, five grandchildren, Stacie Higginson (Jeff), Jason Call, and Jeremy Call, Benjamin Crapo (Bailey), Alexander Crapo (Tessah), and two great-grandchildren, Emily and Eric Higginson.

She was preceded in death by her husband Robert J. Crapo, and her parents Melvin Mathews, and Georgia Ormond Mathews.

Graveside services will be held on Thursday, April 29, at 2:30 pm at the Mountain View Cemetery in Pocatello, Idaho.

The family wishes to thank the medical staff of Caring Hearts and Hospice nurses who cared so tenderly to her medical needs.

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