California Obituaries, Los Angeles County Submitted by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. The Downey Eagle May 23, 1997 Volume 5 Number 13 Friends, family mourn Myrtle Estelle Byrum, 82 DOWNEY-Funeral services were held May 20 at the Chapel of Memories in Norwalk for Myrtle Estelle Byrum, a resident of Downey for 47 years, who died May 14 in Whittier. She was 82, and was preceded in death by her husband, Buford R. Byrum, Sr. Survivors include her sons, Buford R. Byrum, Jr. of Downey, Gary Byrum of Kuwait City, Kuwait; a brother, William Delaney of Delight, Arizona; sisters Zelma Hendrix of Delight, Arizona, Tessie McWilliams of South Gate; sister-in-laws Hermie Thompson of Delight, Arizona, and Eloise Gosnell of Phoenix, Arizona. Burial followed at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier. Arrangements were by the Chapel of Memories Funeral Home in Norwalk.