Earlene Boyce

Norma Earlene Boyce, 85, of Peoria Arizona, formerly of St. Joseph, passed away June 18, 2003 in Peoria, AZ, at Immanuel Campus of Care. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2pm Monday, June 23, 2003, with Rev. David Hills officiating, at Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-4pm, Sunday at the Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Coloma United Methodist Church. Those wishing to share a memory or sign the guest book online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com Earlene was born on February 27, 1918 to Albert and Delilah (Bosley) McCalla. She married John William Boyce on September 20, 1935 in South Bend, Indiana. She was a member of Kappa Theta Chi Sorority, volunteered at Community Hospital in Watervliet, and was a member of the Coloma United Methodist Church for forty years. Earlene is survived by one sister ? Mrs. Geneva Schrage; seven grandchildren ?Lynn Jameson, Tammy Mauro, Geraldine Clubs, Julie Esposito, Beth Town, John Boyce and Debbie Carpenter; nineteen great-grandchildren, and many very special nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her husband John W. Boyce, sons ? William C. and John Albert Boyce; sisters ? Irene Rasmussen, EsteBelle McCalla, Reva Pagel, Mildred Rogers, Helen McCalla, Lenore Rush, and brother Albert McCalla. Catherine Hallock Ruth Kish.