McLain-60 Years
Jim and Myra McLain were married 60 years ago on June 4, 1955 in Stillwater, Okla. The following fall they both taught in tiny farm towns on the High Plains of Eastern Colorado. Jim then transferred to Fort Morgan, Colo. where he taught elementary school for the seven years. In 1964 Myra, Jim and their three children, Mark, Dana and Jo moved to Yakima, Wash. where Jim taught for the next 26 years in several Yakima elementary schools and Wilson Middle School, where he retired in 1990. Myra also retired the same year from Yakima Valley School after 13 years as a teacher’s aide.
The McLains are the parents of Mark, Dana (deceased) and Jo McLain, both of Yakima, Wash. They have one granddaughter, Ruby and husband Kyle Nauck, and great- granddaughter Kaira of Lacey, Wash.