Obituary

Viola Boulware, 96

Viola "Vi" Boulware, 96, died November 11, 1999, at the Larned Healthcare and Living Center in Larned, Kansas.

She was born October 20, 1903, in Burdett, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Emma Lucy Shafer King. A Larned resident since 1987, moving from Sheridan Lake, she was a homemaker and rancher.

She belonged to the Sheridan Lake Bible Church.

On August 2, 1934, she married Theodore "Theo" Boulware at Larned. He preceded her in death.

She was preceded in death by a foster son, Wesley Boulware, three brothers, Henry, William, James, and two sisters, Ethel Elya, and Georgia Smith.

Survivors include four sisters, Elma Kershner of Rozel, Kansas, Hazel Woelk of Sheridan Lake, Edith Brush of Larned, and Leona Cane of Wagner, Oklahoma; a sister-in-law, Betty King of Larned; two foster grandchildren, Karen Benge of Lamar, and Sandy Osborn of Montana; four foster great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Grave side serviced were held November 16 at the Modoc, Kansas cemetery, with Pastor Larry Gitchel presiding.

Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association in care of the mortuary.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Beckwith Mortuary.