Shirley Ann (Powers) Boord
Shirley Ann (Powers) Boord, age 68, of Charles Lane, Uniontown, PA 15401 died Sunday, December 5, 2004, at 5 a.m. in Mount Macrina Manor, Uniontown. She was born March 5, 1936, in Marion, Virginia, daughter of Carl R. Powers and Ada (Dungan) Powers.
Shirley was a Preschool Teacher at the Hopwood United Methodist Church in Hopwood, Pa., a position she loved, cherished and enjoyed for 35 years.
She had also worked at the Uniontown Jewish Community Center (UJCC) Nursery School and the Fallingwater estate.
She was a member of Hopwood United Methodist Church.
Her husband, Charles W. Boord, died March 16, 2003. She was also preceded in death by her father, Carl R. Powers, brother-in-law, James Thomas, sister-in-law, Dorothy R. Thomas, brother-in-law, Karl Boord, and her father-in-law, John Boord.
Surviving are her mother, Ada Dungan Powers of Uniontown, Pa.; a daughter, Laurel R. Boord of Hopwood, Pa.; granddaughters: Amanda Bruno, Jenna Miller, Brittany Jordan, Christy Lucas and Wendy Foran; a great grandson, Austin; a great granddaughter, Billie Raelynn Miller; two brothers: Wayne Powers of Chicago, Illinois, and J. D. Powers and his wife, Billy, of Virginia; her mother-in-law, Marie McMillen Boord of Markleysburg, Pa.; special friends: Nancy and Harry Stine of Smithfield, Pa.; and her many beloved children at Preschool.
The Family will receive Friends in HOPWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Hopwood, Pa., on Tuesday, December 7, from 6:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.
A Memorial Service will begin at 7 p.m. The Rev. Madison Stringfellow and the Rev. Roger Howard will officiate.
A reception will follow in the Church Hall.
Burial will be in Middle Fork Cemetery, Chilhowie, Virginia, on Friday, December 10, at 2 p.m.
The family requests that donations be made in memory of Shirley Ann Powers Boord to Hopwood United Methodist Church, Church Street, Hopwood, PA 15445.
Arrangements are under direction of the JOHN S. MAYKUTH JR. FUNERAL HOME, corner of Church on 7 River Avenue, Masontown, PA 15461 (724-583-8811).