374:, Myrna Williams, whose married name made her an even more-specific namesake of Myrna Loy (birth name Myrna Adele Williams), joined her husband in Las Vegas where, in 1959, he was fulfilling a professional engagement. Finding the area to their liking, they decided to settle there permanently with their only child, daughter Indy. She earned degrees in social work and law enforcement and social work from
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