Myra Kraft was a role model for family loyalty and giving

BOB KRAFT, the developer turned football impresario, made the once-derided New England Patriots a symbol of local pride. Myra, his wife of 48 years, made the Kraft family a symbol of civic responsibility. Her numerous charitable works, including chairing the local boards of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies and the Boys & Girls Clubs, paralleled Bob’s rise in the statewide business community.

The Krafts were an unbreakable unit. Bob and Myra’s four sons shared in all their parents’ endeavors. On May 3, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce honored the family for their work on behalf of the community, fueled by Myra’s tireless exertions. She was too ill to attend the banquet, but her husband, sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren all stood proudly together on the dais - an honor guard of which any mother would be eternally proud.