Mrs. Emily Margaret "Margie" Myers

Emily Margaret “Margie” Solomon Myers Emily Margaret “Margie” Solomon Myers, a longtime Napa resident, passed away at her beloved cabin surrounded by her family and her devoted kitty on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, just short of her 102nd birthday. She was born 23 Sep 1921, in Woodland, CA, to Harry Porter Solomon and Mary Elvira Green. Margie first attended school in Woodland and later in Dixon, CA where she graduated from 8th grade in 1936. The family then moved to Napa, CA where she entered Napa Union High School as a Freshman graduating in 1940. She received a scholarship because of her good grades in chemistry. Due to her lack of funds to attend college, she used her scholarship to attend Oakland School of Hairdressing, in Oakland, CA. The course took one year and during that time she lived with her aunt. In 1941 she returned to Napa and went to work at a beauty shop owned by Alvira Rauch on the corner of Brown and Pearl behind Napa City Bakery and next door to her Uncle George Solomon's sewing machine shop. She worked at the beauty shop for a year and then went to work for J.C. Penney’s as a clerk and later Asst. Manager of the store until she married in 1944. Margie met her husband, Harlan Myers, who was living near her family in the latter 1930s. They married 29 Oct. 1944, in Carson City, NV. They had three children, Mary Anne, Thomas Gordon and Susan Elaine. She spent the rest of her life as a homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was a devoted friend and neighbor. Margie was creative in many ways. While attending Napa High she really enjoyed her art classes where she created numerous pen and ink drawings. She loved to sew making clothes and other items not only for herself but also for her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She loved the outdoors and especially the cabin that she and her husband built. It was her “happy” place. She liked to fish and she liked to hunt. She loved watching the birds and all the other animals that might cross the yard. While at the cabin she liked making pie with one of her great granddaughters and then taught her how to embroider. She showed her book of stamps that she had collected to both great granddaughters hoping they might want to collect stamps too. But in 2012 the interest didn’t last long! Most important to Margie was her family and friends. She was very close to her parents and siblings. Margie loved her daughter-in-law, Sharon Myers and her two sons-in-law, Raymond Smith and Ricardo Torres as if they were her own. She felt lucky to have them as part of her family. She taught her children many things, but being kind to others especially a new kid at school was really important to her. She and Harlan welcomed all their children’s friends. There was always someone extra at the dinner table and you never knew who would be sleeping on the living room couch. There were times when she nursed sick kids with the flu that didn’t have a mom to go home to. She had a dozen young men from Hawaii who were on the Napa College football team over for dinner. She cooked several roasts and at least twenty pounds of potatoes! Those boys could really eat! There was always a pot of coffee on the stove when relatives and friends dropped by and the door was always open. In later years when Margie could no longer do the things she had done all her life, she still enjoyed company. There was always someone dropping in to visit. These were the times she enjoyed most. She was always so happy to see them even though she often fell asleep while they were there. After almost 102 years she has left us to be with those who have gone before her. She will be missed by her family and friends who loved her. Margie is survived by her three children: two daughters, Mary Anne Smith and her husband Raymond, Susan Elaine Torres and her husband Ricardo; and son, Thomas Gordon Myers and his wife Sharon; granddaughter, Debie Anne Trotti and grandson, Michael David Smith; great granddaughters Daisy Mae Trotti and Gracie Belle Trotti; her brother, Jean H. Solomon, and wife Cherie; numerous nieces, nephews, and close family friends. She is predeceased by her parents, Harry P. Solomon and Mary E. Green Solomon; her husband, Harlan H. Myers; her sister, Denise Andree Solomon Kroplin; and her brother, James Walter Solomon. Friends are invited to attend a funeral service 11:00 am Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at Treadway & Wigger Funeral Chapel, 2383 Napa-Vallejo HIghway, in Napa, California. Officiating will be close family friend Jerry Flewell. Burial will be private in Lower Lake Cemetery, Lower Lake, CA. In lieu of flowers please send donations to Mayers Intermountain Hospice, 43563 Hwy. 299 East, Fall River Mills, CA 96028, ph. 530/336-5007 or donate online @mayershospice.com or donate to a charity of your choice.

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Mrs. Emily Margaret "Margie" Myers

September 23, 1921 - August 26, 2023