Treasured Seasons

For everything there is
   an appointed season.
And a time for everything
   under heaven -
A time for sharing;
   a time for caring.
A time for loving;
   a time for giving.
A time for remembering;
   a time for parting.
You have made everything
   beautiful in its time
For everything You do
   remains forever.

   Norva S. Boylan, 78, formerly of Mexico, died at 4:45 a.m. today at Tri-County Care Center in Vandalia.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at Elmwood Cemetery in Mexico under the direction of Pickering Funeral Home. The Rev. Bob Marty will officiate. There will be no visitation.

Mrs. Boylan was born on July 29, 1925, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the daughter of Edgar and Serena Gillem Collins. She was formerly married to Irvin W. Reed. On June 10, 1950, at Edwards Air Force Base in California, she married Gerald T. Boylan, who died on April 27, 2001. Mrs. Boylan had worked as a Teller at Bank of America for 20 years until her retirement in 1989.

Survivors include her daughter, Mary Howard of East Jordan, Mich.; three grandchildren, Trudy, Brian and Scott; two sisters, Phyllis Sullivan, Tarpon Springs, Fla. and Patricia Helwig, Mancelona, Mich.; one brother, Jack Collins, Tucson, Ariz.; a sister-in-law, Elizabeth Baldwin, Mexico; three nephews, Richard Baldwin, Tulsa, Okla.; Gerald J. Baldwin, Auxvasse, and Willard Baldwin, Mexico; and several other nieces and nephews.

 Pickering Funeral Home  
Caring Service Since 1884