Cecelia Gertrude (Dolly) Boarman |
| Posted 2016-04-10 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Sunday, April 10, 2016, page 7a Cecelia Gertrude Mischel “Dolly” Boarman, 102, of Prescott, Arizona, born Nov. 21, 1913 in Owensboro, Kentucky, passed away April 7, 2016. Visitation is from 5 to 6 p.m. April 21, 2016 at the Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home, 303 S. Cortez St., Prescott. Rosary begins at 6 p.m. Funeral Mass will be May 7, 2016 with the Glenn Funeral Home in Owensboro, Kentucky. Arrangements by Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home. -------------------------- The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Sunday, April 17, 2016, page 8a Cecelia “Dolly” Boarman was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on Nov. 21, 1913, to her parents, Gertrude A. Spindler and William George Mischel. She was one of five siblings in her family. Dolly was adventurous and talented in her youth. She enjoyed performing, playing music and traveling. Later, Dolly married James Noble Boarman, also from Owensboro. Together they had one child, Jovita Boarman Fine. In 1945, Dolly abruptly became a widow and a single parent, after her husband died from a war related injury. Dolly was an independent and determined woman. She opened a shop and ran her own small business for a short time. She also worked at a local bank, attended college and eventually became an educator. She taught in parochial schools for 11 years and later worked as a substitute teacher. Dolly had a caring and generous heart. She was loved deeply by her friends and family who could always count on her in times of joy as well as times of need. She had unwavering religious faith and was extremely active in her parish, especially at Blessed Mother Catholic Church. She also served as a volunteer for many years at Mercy Hospital and at the Carmel Nursing Home in Owensboro. Dolly was admired by so many people, even late in her life, for her quick mind and tenacity. She was a wonderful storyteller, a winning card player and a lifelong teacher. She loved words, puzzles, language and syntax. After living 95 years in Kentucky, Dolly moved to Prescott, Arizona, in 2009 to live with her daughter and be near her grandchildren. She became a member of Sacred Heart Parish. In February 2016, she was awarded a long-awaited college diploma for the credits she had earned at Brescia College almost 60 years prior. Just two months later, on April 7, 2016, Dolly passed away at the age of 102. She is survived by her daughter, Jovita Fine; her grandchildren, Lance, Jason and Ashley Fine; and her great-grandchildren Reed and Devan Fine, Adrianna and Jaxon Fine, and Sedona and Noble Ortega. She also leaves behind numerous nieces, nephews and extended family whom she loved and appreciated deeply. The bookends of Dolly’s long and remarkable life are a parentheses around an incredible amount of history and change (1913-2016), and she was a compassionate and courageous woman through it all. She will be remembered affectionately and her legacy will carry on in the hearts of those who loved her. There will be a visitation from 5 to 6 p.m. with a rosary service at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home at 303 S. Cortez St.in Prescott. A funeral Mass will take place May 7, 2016, at Blessed Mother Church in Owensboro, Ky. Funeral services were entrusted to Wakelin Family Funeral Homes. Please visit www.ruffnerwakelin.com to view and sign Dolly’s guestbook Information provided by survivors. |
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