Ethel M. Myers, age 93 of Grand Rapids, formerly of Bitely and Newaygo, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2015, at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Ethel was born February 28, 1922, in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Barney and Jesse (Miller) Koster. Ethel is survived by her son, Greg (Nancy) Myers of Newaygo; 2 granddaughters, Laura (Jeremy) Smith and Lisa Myers; and her brother, Fred (Karen) Koster of Grand Rapids. Ethel was preceded in death by her husband, Orson S. Stew Myers Jr.; her sister, Dorothy Perry and brother, Jim Koster. Ethel graduated from Grand Rapids Central High School and went to work at L.A. Young as a secretary. Her fathers World War I experiences and patriotic upbringing propelled her into a new military experience for women as she joined the first class of WAVES. After boot camp she was assigned to Washington D.C. where she worked in the Naval Code Room until her discharge from the Navy as Yoeman First Class on November 20, 1945. The Code Room was a new family away from home for three girls who met there, Dotti, Lorraine and Ethel. The Jewish, Catholic and Protestant all became sisters and worshiped as one on alternating weekends. The Naval Reserve in Grand Rapids provided the venue that led to her marriage to Orson Stewart Stew Myers Jr. on September 16, 1949, in Grand Rapids. They were married 64 years. Secretarial study at Davenport Business School led to positions at General Motors, the Veterans Administration, Godwin Public Schools and Kent Community Hospital until her retirement. While working at the Veterans Administration, Ethel met Madalen Wade, a World War II Marine who she remained best friends with until Madalen passed away. In her retirement years, she and Stew traveled the country visiting relatives and rekindling old friendships as well as making new as they attended many Elderhostels. Ethel had been a member of Congregational Churches in Grand Rapids and Baldwin and passed as a member of the Newaygo Congregational United Church of Christ. VISITATION : Wednesday, May 13, 2015, from 2-4 and 6-8 pm at Crandell Funeral Home Fremont Chapel and 12-1 pm Thursday May 14, 2015, at the Newaygo Congregational United Church of Christ. MEMORIAL SERVICES: Thursday, May 14, 2015, at 1 pm at the Newaygo Congregational United Church of Christ, 432 Quarterline Street, Newaygo MI 49337. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Newaygo Congregational United Church of Christ; Habitat for Humanity of Newaygo County, or charity of the donors choice.