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Alma Borton Obituary
Alma "Alvera" Borton, age 98, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. Alvera worked as a candy maker for Spangler Candy Company and many years as a waitress, then at Walmart. She enjoyed crocheting and made wonderful pies.
Born May 2, 1927, in Continental, Ohio, she was the daughter of Ralph and Ida (Taylor) Grant. She married Earl D. "Bud" Borton on June 9, 1945, and he preceded her in death on Aug. 18, 2010.
Alvera is survived by her daughters, Linda Kerby, of Bryan, Virginia (James) Webb and Sandra (Charles "Buff") Mitchell, both of Bronson, Michigan; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Neil (Julia) Grant, of Alvordton and Kenny (Scotti) Grant, of South Bend, Indiana; sisters, Kate Montague, of West Unity, Marlene Grant, of Alvordton, June (Butch) Hanson, of Wichita, Kansas, and Glenda Balser, of Auburn, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bud Borton; daughter, Barbara Doerr; son, Gary Borton; granddaughter, Trina Kaufman; infant brothers, Delbert and Dale Grant; and sisters, Beulah Borton and Louise Sinkey.
Graveside services will be held at Shiffler Cemetery on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 10 a.m.
Services have been entrusted to Krill Funeral Service, 860 W. Mulberry St., Bryan, Ohio.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to The Leukemia And Lymphoma Society at https://givenow.lls.org.
To sign the online guest book or leave a condolence for the family, please visit http://www.krillfuneralservice.com.
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