BOYER, Earlene Dawn 1938 - 2009

BOYER, MCKEE, BURGESS, THOMPSON, ACKERMAN, BOEHMER

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 1/24/2014 at 15:22:15

EARLENE DAWN BOYER

MASON CITY - Earlene Dawn Boyer, 70, of 402 24th St. S.W., Mason City, died Wednesday (Sept. 2, 2009) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit after a long struggle with breast cancer.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday Sept. 5, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia, Mason City, with the Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church. Family suggests memorials to Opportunity Village.

Earlene was born Sept. 25, 1938, in Mason City, the daughter of Earl and Goldie (McKee) Burgess.

Earlene graduated from Mason City High School in 1956, while going to school and after graduation she worked for the J.C. Penney Store in Mason City.

Earlene married Cliff Boyer Sept. 29, 1956, at the Little Brown Church, Nashua. They lived in Emmetsburg then later moved to Clear Lake, where she worked at X Size Fashion and the Holiday Motor Lodge. They later moved to Mason City.

Earlene enjoyed reading books, watching T.V. and especially spending time with her friends and family. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Mason City.

Earlene is survived by her husband Clifford Boyer, of Mason City; two daughters, Cynthia Thompson and her husband Mike, of Clear Lake, and Rebecca (Tom) Ackerman, of West Des Moines; three grandchildren, Andrew Thompson and his wife Amanda, of Mason City, Ashley Boehmer and her husband Adam, of Clear Lake, and Emily Ackerman, of West Des Moines; three great-grandchildren, Parker, Taryn and Jenner; niece Barbara Carr, of Mason City; and a nephew, Gary Burgess, of Arizona.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Daryl Burgess; and his wife, Norma Burgess.