Obituary of Virginia-Elizabeth Boyer

BOYER, Virginia Elizabeth (White) Born Aug. 3, 1921, passed away on Nov. 29, 2010. Born in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, to Howard White and Helen M. Thompson. When she was 6 the family moved to Seattle, WA, where she grew up. There, following WWII, she married her husband of nearly 65 years, Charles L. Boyer, Jr., whom she'd met earlier during his deployment to Seattle with the U.S. Navy. After marriage, they settled in Toledo, OH, where she was welcomed as another daughter of the Jervis Street Boyer clan and where they raised a happy family of five children. A beautician by training, she often provided home permanents and other hair care to her lady friends and their daughters from the neighborhood and beyond. She later worked with the Department of Family Services, where she was well loved by the many friends she made. Her retirement years were happily spent in Brandon, near her youngest son and his family, with whom many happy times were shared over the years. She was preceded in death by her parents, her older brother, Howard and younger brother, John, and her daughter, Barbara Jean Sanzenbacher. She is survived by her loving husband, Charles; her devoted children, Charles (Irene) Boyer, David (Roberta) Boyer, Elizabeth (E.J.) Leizerman and Donald (Danita) Boyer, as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at Nativity Catholic Church, Brandon, on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 at 10:30 am. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Toledo, OH. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in her memory, to the charity of the donor's choice. Serenity Meadows Memoial Park Funeral Home & Crematory 813-677-9494