Last Updated on July 22, 2024 by Dennis
Imnaha, Oregon
Ned Boyce passed away at Walla Walla, Wash., on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1938. He was born Jan.6, 1912 at Elma, Wash., son of William and Olga Boyce.
On Aug. 30, 1959 he was married to Cora Simmons at Enterprise. He was a painter by trade and was a member of the Enterprise Elks Lodge. He came to Wallowa County in February, 1948 and opened the Pie Shop and Melo Freeze Ice Cream Shop. He was in that business for several years.
Survivors include his wife, Cora, of Imnaha; two daughter, Dorothy Keener of Joseph and Edith McGee of Pleasureville, Kentucky; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Bollman Funeral Home in Enterprise at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec 30 with Pastor Wayne Pickens officiating.
Honorary pallbearers were Dave Maiden, Gene Chupp, Bud Maxwell, Marvin Maxwell, Gene Marr, Gary Marks, Jack Kreizenbeck and his many friends.
Wallowa County Chieftain
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