Myron L. Breland
Myron L. Breland passed away peacefully on Nov. 28, 2017 at the age of 93 in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Muriel M. Breland, and a daughter, Karen Keller.
Myron was greatly loved and will be dearly missed by those who survive him: his five children, Barbara Trow, Cheryl Breland, and Rod Breland of Grand Junction, Jim Breland of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Pam Rodgers of Wiggins, Mississippi; seven grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Myron was born in Wiggins, Mississippi on April 1, 1924. He was a WWII Navy veteran stationed in the South Pacific, 32nd Degree Mason and Past Master of Ray Masonic Lodge No. 24, Past Worthy Patron of the Order of Eastern Star in Ray, Arizona, and a long time Shriner. Myron spent his career as a mine safety advocate and retired as a Federal Mine Safety Inspector in Reno, Nevada and a Mine Safety Director from Magma Copper Mine in Superior, Arizona. He was a member of the First Nazarene Church in Reno, Nevada.
At Myron’s request, no funeral or memorial services were held. Donations in Myron’s memory can be made to his favorite charities, the Maria’s Type 3 Ataxia Foundation and the Parkinson’s Foundation.