Myrtle Battin

September 21, 1913 - January 8, 2008

Mrytle Fountella, was born September 21, 1913 in East St. Louis, Illinois, to John F. and Nellie R. (Fincher) Standage. She passed away at the Alva Share Medical Center on the 8th of January at the age of 94 years, 3 months and 18 days. Myrtle was the only daughter. She had one brother, John. Myrtle and her family moved to Iowa for awhile and then to Shidler, Oklahoma, where she attended school. When she was eight years old, the family moved to Seminole, Oklahoma, where she completed her schooling, completing the eight grade. While in Seminole she met Leedle Troy Brown. After a short courtship they were married on December 22, 1927. In October 1930 a son, John A. Brown was born to Myrtle and Troy. Troy worked in the oil fields and the family moved around a good bit, first to Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1931, then to Russell, Kansas in 1934, and finally to Denver, Colorado in 1937. Troy passed away on Thanksgiving Day in 1939, leaving Myrtle to raise her son alone. She worked as a waitress at the Colorado Military School until about 1943. She married Mr. Russell Fagan May 30, 1942 the family then moved to Englewood, Colorado. During World War II, Myrtle worked as am assembly line worker in a munitions factory in Denver. On April 4, 1948 she married Mr. Carl E. Battin. They moved to Denver in 1951, where Myrtle worked as a clerk and cashier for many years, finally retiring from her job as a cashier at the University Medical Center Cafeteria in Denver in 1987. She and Carl then moved to the Cabin they had built near Lake George, Colorado, where they lived for about five years. Wishing to be closer to medical facilities, they sold their cabin and moved to Colorado Springs, where they lived until 1995 when they moved to Alva, Oklahoma. Myrtle joined the First Presbyterian Church of Alva, Oklahoma. Myrtle loved people and was always willing to offer a helping hand to anyone in need. She loved to travel and see new places. She was an expert knitter and made many beautiful knitted items for people special to her. Myrtle was preceded in death by her father, mother, brother and her husbands Troy and Carl. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, John and Marjory Brown: three grand daughters, Shirley and husband Ferrill Standage, Mollie McCoy, and Anita Levens; four great grandchildren: Cynthia Greer, Jeremy and Tracey Levens, Christopher Levens, and Thomas Levens. PDF Printable Version