Deanna Shirley Myhre

She was born to the late William and Shirley Moore, October 11, 1938, in Atascadero, California. Deanna graduated from Atascadero High School in 1956, as a majorette and a member of the Atascadero Greyhounds cheerleading team, and in 1983 received a JD Degree of Law from Lincoln Law School in Sacramento.

On July 13th, 1957, thirty days after they met, Deanna married Ronald Myhre. They lived together over six decades in various parts of California, following Ron’s career with the California Department of Corrections, finally settling in Vacaville in 1973. Deanna is survived by her loving husband of 62 years, Ronald Myhre, and her three daughters; Janell Myhre of St. Helena; and twins Cathi Myhre of Vacaville and Cari Moyles of Greenview. Deanna is also survived by four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren, all who live in Siskiyou and Klamath Counties.

Deanna devoted most of her 45-year professional life to the justice and legal systems serving in various occupations including as a legal aid or assistant to the Lassen County District Attorney, the Humboldt County Superior Court’s Honorable Judge Wilkinson, and California State Senator Barry Keene. For 25 years, she worked as an accomplished Solano County lawyer as a licensed Family Law specialist and in 1988 was acknowledged as a qualified Attorney and Counsellor of the United States Supreme Court. Some of her distinguished accomplishments were serving as the first female President of the Vacaville Rotary Club; President of the Solano County Women’s Bar Association; candidate for the California State Assembly; and Board member of the Frank H. and Eva B. Buck Foundation, providing grant support to educational institutions.

Deanna had a reputation for protecting those in need. After seeing the dilemma of domestic violence over weekends, she worked to establish a pro tem judge protocol to notify qualified attorneys to approve temporary restraining orders outside of normal courtroom hours. Deanna answered these “Beeper Judge” calls in all hours of the night for over 15 years. Deanna’s “Beeper Judge” legacy lives on today through continued weekly operations, preserving life and safety of families and children throughout Solano County. Even with all she had accomplished, Deanna was known to have said “I wish I could have done more”.

In her early years, Deanna enjoyed dancing the hula, which she learned as a teenager stationed with her father in the Navy in Hawaii during World War II. In her spare time, she enjoyed camping and was an avid slalom water skier. Deanna was a qualified private pilot and enjoyed flying the family Piper Comanche, visiting the annual Sedona Hot Air Balloon Festival. She also enjoyed gardening, visiting with her grand and great grandchildren, and was a proud, lifelong GOP Republican.

At this time, there are no memorial services planned. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations made to SafeQuest Solano County https://www.safequest.us/ or the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/annual-giving in Deanna’s honor.