Marilyn Audine Boyer

BOYER, Marilyn Audine, 83, formerly of Oil City, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at Lake Anna Elder Care in Bumpass. Born May 15, 1925, in Dempseytown, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Forrest E. and Lottie Turner Hill. She was an active member of the Oil City First Church of God, holding various positions including President of the Oil City Women of the Church of God for 20 years, Sunday School teacher, choir member, pianist and organist. She taught Sunday School and played the organ in Oil City until age 77. She served as pianist, at the Church of God in Richmond, until age 80. In addition, she was secretary of the Western Pennsylvania Women of the Church of God for 15 years. She worked in the offices of the Boy Scouts of America, Worthington Corp. and the First Church of God in Oil City, Pa. She was preceded in death by Evan C. Boyer, her loving husband of 53 years and a sister, Bernice Martino. Surviving are a daughter, Connie Boyer and husband, Thomas Rogers of Richmond; three sons, Ronald Boyer and wife, Polly of Kettering, Ohio, Donald Boyer and wife, Diane of Severn, Maryland, and Vaughn Boyer of Tampa, Fla.; seven grandchildren, Dr. Robert Boyer of Boston, Mass., Angela Boyer of Columbus, Ohio, Heather Boyer of Kettering, Ohio, Christopher Boyer of Indiana, and Michael, Steven, and Rebecca Boyer, all of Severn, Md. Also surviving are a sister, Ruth Gricks of Oil City, Pa. and a brother, Forrest Hill of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and numerous nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held in Oil City, Pa. at the First Church of God on Tuesday, October 14, with Rev. Vern Allison, officiating. Interment followed in the Brandon Cemetery, Seneca, Pa. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Church of God in Richmond or the Hospice of the Piedmont in Charlottesville. Online condolences may be left at www.hilebest.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.