Obituary of Beverly M. Boofer

Bedford – Beverly M. Bowers Boofer, 94, of Bedford, died Friday, December 28, 2018 at Garden Villa.

Born February 4, 1924 in Martinsburg, WV, she was the daughter of Rennes and Helen (Mundorff) Bowers. She retired from I.U. Health, Bedford/ Bedford Regional Medical Center as a PBX/Switchboard Operator. She was a member of the Englewood Baptist Church and a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Bedford. She attended art classes in Springville. She married Edward Dale Boofer and he preceded her in death on December 10, 1983.

Survivors include two daughters, Linda Lee Grissom and husband, Thomas, of Bloomington, and Christine Pickett and husband, Greg, of Bedford; six grandchildren, Heather Dawn Fitch and husband, Greg,  Kimberly Grissom Waldon and husband, Tracy, Michelle Boofer all of Bloomington, Shannon Cook and husband, Josh, of Orleans, Derrick Pickett and wife, Tiffany, of Bedford, and Holli Merritt and husband, Shayne, of Speedway; twelve great grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy Wright and Phyllis Valentine, and a sister-in-law, Marge Bowers, all of Shippensburg, PA. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a son, Micheal Boofer; a daughter, Joyce Marie Boofer; a grandson, Gregory Scott Pickett; four brothers, Richard, Rennes, Jack, and James Bowers; a sister, Kathryn Doyle.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am on Monday, December 31^st in the Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary with Pastor David Ferry officiating. Burial will follow in the Lutheran Cemetery in Brownstown. Visitation will be from 9:00 am until the hour of service on Monday at the Day & Carter Mortuary. Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com.