Myrna Kurtz, a resident of Monterey County for over 50 years, passed in her sleep on May 7, 2023. Born in Berkeley, California on September 12, 1934 and raised in Esparto, California, she was the daughter of John Leonard Meng III and Iona Ladine Myers.<br><br>After graduation from Esparto High School she attended Sacramento City College and received her Associate of Arts degree in Merchandising in 1954. While in college she was a member and vice president of Sigma Iota Chi.<br><br>A stay at home Mom for over twenty years, Myrna enjoyed cooking, entertaining, arts and crafts, home decorating as well as tennis, golf and travel. One of her favorite activities was walking Scenic Avenue in Carmel.<br><br>Once she entered the workforce she worked first as a realtor for Carmel Valley Ranch homes, followed by ten years as the Assistant Director of Community Education at Monterey Peninsula College. In this position she was given the opportunity to travel for the department, escorting groups to Thailand, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Borneo, Singapore and Canada. She also traveled extensively on her own throughout Europe and Hawaii. Following her stint at MPC she worked as the Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Operations for Household Credit Services.<br><br>Myrna was a board member of “Friends of Sunset”, the Carmel Foundation and a longtime member of the Carmel Valley Athletic Club, playing tennis into her 70’s.<br><br>Taking up golf at 70 she loved the game and said she would come back and play it in her next life.<br><br>She is survived by her two daughters, Carol Kurtz (Bill Stoffers) and Jill Reynolds; grandchildren Sam Stoffers and Kelly and Kyle Reynolds and great-grand daughter Katie Rodriquez; her sister Jeanne Swett and nieces Linda Souza (Dennis) and Marcia Scott (Glen); her beloved cousin and friend Penny Welch; as well as four step grand children Hank, Joe and Abby Stoffers and Elizabeth Causey. She was preceded in death by her parents.<br><br>The family requests any memorials be made to The Carmel Foundation. She has asked that her ashes be spread at sea.<div></div><br>