Boucher, Melissa Rene 1974-2006

BOUCHER, CASTEEL, JENKINS, FOX, CUPP, WICKETT

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Date: 4/4/2006 at 19:50:14

KEOKUK — Melissa Rene Boucher, 31, of Keokuk, formerly of Newton, died Wednesday, March 15, 2006, in Keokuk.

A funeral service will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton with the Rev. David Rex, pastor of Metz Church in rural Newton, officiating. Burial will be at Metz Cemetery.

Friends may call Saturday after 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be designated to Shellie and Rick Jones and may be left at the funeral home.

The daughter of Lee M. and Nora F. Casteel Boucher, she was born Sept. 27, 1974, in Jefferson, Mo. In 1975, Richard L. and Shellie Cupp Jones became her parents. She graduated from Newton Senior High School in 1995 and worked for Progress Industries. She also worked for Giovonni's Pizza, P.J.'s Deli and Farm and Home. She enjoyed collecting dolls, camping, fishing, crafts, dancing and karoke. She loved to laugh and help others, and she enjoyed little children and giving hugs.

Survivors include her mother, Nora F. Hefley of Newton; her parents, Rick and Shellie Cupp Jones of Newton; her grandfather, Kermit Wickett of Colfax; four sisters, Robin Darrow of Georgia, and Jennifer Owens, Cassidy Hubbard and Sarah Jo Hubbard, all of Newton; two brothers, Bobby Jenkins of Newton and Michael Jenkins of California; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, Lee Boucher; a brother, Steven Jenkins; grandparents, Cora and Al Fox, Charlie and Jody Cupp and Hazel "Peggy" Wickett; and three uncles and two aunts.

The Newton (IA) Daily News, Wednesday, March 22, 2006