Boyer, Elsie

29 Apr Boyer, Elsie

Dec. 21, 1927 – Jan. 5, 1987

Elsie Josephine Boyer, 88, was a wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to four daughters, nine grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She was born on Dec. 21, 1927 in Darnestown, MD, lived in Frederick for the past 26 years and passed peacefully away on Nov. 26, 2016 in Mount Airy, MD. She was married to C. Douglas Boyer who passed away on Jan. 5, 1987 and she took loving care of her family and home. 

Elsie loved her family and friends and enjoyed participating in many activities such as knitting, biking, dancing, horseback riding, playing pool, badminton, ping pong and cards (bridge). When her daughters were young, she started and led a girl’s 4-H club and a 4-H Horse club. Elsie had other volunteer jobs as well, including knitting hats for preemies, delivering Meals On Wheels, and being on the Hospitality Committee at Crestwood Village where she lived. She had numerous jobs including working at Montgomery College, cooking for a nursery school, and working at the Cashbox.

She will be sadly missed by her four daughters and two sons-in-law, Lois and Tim Parris, Leslie Ingram, Sharon and Don Brooks and Sandy Boyer. Also, her grandchildren, Thomas Ingram (Allea), Luke Hazard, Jesse Ingram (Susan), Colleen Parris-Jordon (Eric), Christina Mason (Chris), Sarah Ring, (Nathan), Scott Parris, Catherine Oaks (Kevin), and Ben Brooks will miss their grandma. Surviving also are her 16 great-grandchildren.