[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REMEMBERING MARY BOYCE

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                             HON. TIM RYAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 13, 2011

  Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to remember the life of 
Mary Boyce, who passed away on the morning of Thursday, December 1, 
2011. Mary was the mother of my good friend Barry Boyce; my thoughts 
and prayers are with his family. She was a wonderful woman who lived 
life to the fullest and always knew the importance of love and family. 
Therefore, on behalf of the family and friends of Mary, I would like to 
include her obituary, which appeared in the Public Opinion on December 
2, 2011, in today's Congressional Record:

                         Mary T. Boyce Obituary

       Mary T. Boyce, 97, of The Village of Laurel Run, 
     Fayetteville, died in the early morning on December 1, 2011. 
     Mary was born in New York City, on January 15, 1914, to 
     Cornelius (Neil) Gibbons, a New York City Police Sergeant, 
     who was killed in the line of duty in 1924, and Mary Calhoun, 
     both from County Donegal, Ireland. She graduated from 
     Cathedral High School in Manhattan, 1932. She and her future 
     husband, Donald C. Boyce, Jr., met while they were both 
     working at the 1939 World's Fair, and they were married in 
     New Orleans in 1941. Mary and her husband moved to 
     Chambersburg, where he became personnel manager of T.B. 
     Woods' Sons Company. Mary lived in Chambersburg from 1947 to 
     1949, and again from 1956 until 1982, shortly after Donald's 
     death. Mary returned in 2006. In addition to raising her 
     children, Mary worked at Sears & Roebuck and as a real estate 
     and economic data gatherer for the Census Bureau.
       During her time in Chambersburg, Mary was active in the 
     Corpus Christi Catholic Church. She took part in the Red 
     Stocking Revue and the garden club and was a dedicated member 
     of the Chambersburg Country Club and played golf until age 
     88. She was a voracious reader and bridge player, a diligent 
     letter writer, and an excellent cook. She kept track of the 
     activities of her far-flung family on a daily basis until her 
     final days. In April 2009, a video interview with Mary 
     reflecting on her early life and memories of the Great 
     Depression was featured on the New York Times website. The 
     video may be viewed at the site's ``The New Hard Times'' 
     section. Mary was predeceased by her eldest son, Donald, of 
     New York City. She is survived by six children: Brian, of 
     Virginia Beach; Neil, of New York City; Robert, of 
     Fayetteville; Mary Jane, of Fairhope, Alabama; Margaret Anne, 
     of Ashland, Oregon; and Barry, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. She 
     is also survived by 14 grandchildren and 12 great-
     grandchildren.

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