Funeral service: 7 PM Friday 9/9/2011 at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 1200 Marquette Avenue in Minneapolis
Visitation 5-9 Thursday at 1st Presbyterian Church of Howard Lake and beginning at 5PM at Westminster Presbyterian of Minneapolis.
Prayer service 7PM Thursday in Howard Lake
Interment 9 AM at Fairview Cemetery of Stillwater.
Reverend Myra A. Carroll Pezzella, was born on April 5, 1948 in Minneapolis,
Minnesota to Halsted and Elaine (Lilly)
Carroll. She grew up in Minneapolis
and graduated from Robbinsdale High
School in 1966.
While in High School she was involved in Jobes Daughters and was Honored
Queen.
After High School Myra married Bruce Sherman, on June 10, 1967, at Grace Presbyterian
Church of Minneapolis. Myra
and Bruce had two sons: David and Jonathan..
Bruce passed away on May 15,
1981.
On October 2, 1982
Myra Married Alfred Pezzella at Westminster
Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis.
God called Myra
into the ministry. She first attended Macalister
College in St.
Paul, (where she met Al), graduating in1981, and went
on to United Theological Seminary graduating May 10, 1985. She
was Ordained at Westminster on September 15, 1985.
Myra served as
Chaplain first at Abbott Northwestern
Hospital, and Presbyterian Homes of
Minnesota. She went on to serve
as pastor of 1st Presbyterian Church of Hudson, Wisconsin for 5 years
and for the past 7 years has been the pastor at 1st Presbyterian
Church of Howard Lake.
Myra loved to
travel and spend time with her grandchildren.
She was also an avid reader.
Reverend Myra Carroll Pezzella was called to her eternal
rest on September 4, 2011 at
Buffalo Hospital. She was 63 years old.
Survivors include: her husband Alfred, mother Elaine
Carroll, Son David Sherman with his wife
Sandra, son Jonathan Serman, grandchildren: Madison Joshua and Elsa Sherman, grandchildren
Ryan and Jonathan Bailey, and brothers
Joe and Tim Carroll.
She was preceded in death by her father Halsted Carroll.