Myrna Hines

Myrna Lois Hines passed away at home after a long illness on 14 March 2025.

She is survived by her husband Frank Hines, Son Thomas Hines and Daughter Tami Martin, five grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Myrna was born on April 13, 1942 and raised in southern Indiana. The family relocated to El Paso, TX after WWII and both her parents took jobs at White Sands, New Mexico. Myrna completed high school in the El Paso school system and also went to work at White Sands Missile Range upon graduation. She met her husband, Frank Hines while she worked as Secretary for the Commander of the Fort Bliss, Tx Army Missile School and Frank was a student there. They were wed in a Military ceremony on Flag Day in 1963 at the Fort Bliss Army Chapel.

Myrna wanted to travel and he promised her she would see the world. They did it all at least once. Apart from being assigned to interesting places, over the next 60 plus years they journeyed to more than 150 countries and spent months exploring every year. After a career in Service, they chose to locate in San Diego as a home base and the Vail valley area for winter sports. Frank continued to work well into his eighties and Myrna traveled along the way honing her many artistic interests. They relocated recently to Oro Valley Az as golf became a focus when Frank became more limited physically and golf was an activity they could do together.

Early in the marriage, Myrna developed her skill working as a metal sculpturer. A number of pieces adorn their current house. She spent a few years working with stained glass and painting scenes but never to her satisfaction. All alone Myrna's main interest has been floral and floral design. She had a degree in Landscape design and applied many of those broad concepts to her artistic floral designs. During several of Frank's deployments, Myrna and children traveled to Opelika-Auburn area where she could work and study alongside her Mother-in-law, Martha Hines, a renowned floral designer and teacher. Myrna focused on the artistry of design rather than the business aspects of the floral trade. She was a most talented floral designer and willingly shared her passion and knowledge of the subject freely to all. She was a Flower Show Judge of renown and in demand all over the western US for Spring shows. She loved the style of oriental design and was recognized by the Grand Master of O'Hara for her advocacy and achievements. She also taught Ikebana and displayed in shows nationally. Her favorite expression of poetry in motion was Ballroom dancing and almost any music would get a few steps from her. As she slowed down with age and disease, it was painful to observe this dynamo changing pace from constant activity to more of a bystander than participant. Her focus in life seemed to be to find beauty in all things.