MIRIAM "MYRA" JACQUES Miriam "Myra" Jacques, age 89, passed away peacefully Sunday, November 27, 2016 at her home in Bullhead City, Arizona from a three month struggle with cancer. She was born on August 10, 1927, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Myra was a WWII British Army Veteran. She served in the North African Theater, first assisting paramedics and drove supply trucks for the remainder of the campaign. After the war, she married her Sergeant, Victor Bloomfield, who played professional soccer. She ran her own small poultry farm in rural England. Myra moved to the U.S. and lived in Elmsford, N.Y. (1955-1961). She loved racing midget cars in competitions held in Altoona, Penn, and Danbury, CT. She remarried U.S. Navy Korean War Veteran, Armand Jacques, Jr. in 1960. They moved west with her son and resided in Reseda Calif. from 1962-1990. Myra worked at job shops for U.S. Aerospace contractors in the Greater LA Calif. area. She fine soldered circuit boards and assembled wiring harnesses, including some for the space shuttles. Armand retired from General Motors after 30 years. They moved to Lake Havasu City, Ariz. in 1990. Her son, Allan Bloomfield, passed away in 2001 and her husband, Armand passed away in 2004. Myra met Tom Hixson at a blackjack table in the Ramada Express (now Tropicana) in 2004 and they lived together for nine years in Lake Havasu City, AZ and moved to Bullhead City in 2013. Tom took exceptional care of Myra and she reciprocated in kindness and was generous to him. Myra was a well known casino player in Laughlin, NV. Her many friends and casino workers will miss her warm hearted nature and friendly spirit. Myra enjoyed gambling, which included playing live poker, video poker, and video keno. She was a formidable and fearless blackjack player. She had steel nerves when she played marathon blackjack sessions. When she double-downed, or other players asked her advice on similar hands, she said: "No guts, No glory!" Myra also enjoyed the shows, buffets, cooking, gardening, knitting, music and dancing. She also was a dog, cat and animal lover. Myra was preceded in death by her parents, Abraham and Rachel Mizrachi; brothers, Shmuel (Samuel), Jacob, and Nissim; sister, Devorah (Deborah); son, Allan Bloomfield; and husband, of 44 years, Armand Jacques, Jr.She loved and adored her dear son, Allan. He was a talented traveling musician and excellent bowler. She is survived by Thomas Hixson, who was her close friend, caregiver and "gambling buddy" for the past 12 years. Desert Lawn provided the cremation services. At her request there will be no service. A celebration of life will be at 3pm.-5pm (NV time), 4pm.-6pm. (AZ time) on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Tropicana Casino's Safari Hospitality Suite, (Room 285) in the Promenade Tower.