THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, June 6, 1994                    TAG: 9406060020 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: D2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: GALAX 
DATELINE: 940606                                 LENGTH: Short 

IRENE B. BOYER

{LEAD} Irene Bartlett Boyer, age 76, of Route 5, Galax, Va., passed away Saturday, June 4, 1994, at Lewis Gale Hospital, Salem, Va.

Mrs. Boyer was born April 28, 1918, at Baywood Va. to William Wren and Myrtle Bartlett. She was a member of Longview United Methodist Church and Galax V.F.W. Auxiliary. She was predeceased by a son, Roger Boyer, and two daughters, Cynthia Boyer Mooney and Frances Lee Boyer.

{REST} Survivors include her husband, Paul Boyer of the home; three sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas Ray and Marie Boyer of Roanoke, Rheanie and Carol Boyer of Chesapeake and Danny and Twyla Boyer of Fries, Va.; four daughters and sons-in-law, Marie and Tommy Nichols, Betty and Jerry Cook, Alesa and Marty Spurlin, all of Galax and Nancy Obenshain of Roanoke; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Hazel and Howard Love, Ima Lee and Gary Hanlin and Jo Ella and Bill Edwards, all of Galax, and Rose Osborne of Galax; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Bill and Nell Bartlett of Galax and Jerry and Sheila Bartlett of Roanoke and brother-in-law, Raleigh Fields of Galax; 20 grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.

Flowers will be appreciated or memorial contributions may be made to Longview U.M. Church Building Fund, c/o Mrs. Cora Diamond, Route 5, Galax, Va. 24333.

Funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Longview U.M. Church, Rev. J.D. Clark will officiate. Interment Monta Vista Gardens. The body will remain at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, Va., where family will receive friends Monday night from 7 to 9 p.m.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

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