Services were held on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, for Eli E.
“Sonny” Boyce, age 70 of Chickasha in the McRay Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Boyce is the father-in-law of USAO’s Lynn Boyce, chief information
officer.
Eli E. “Sonny” Boyce was born the son of W.T.
“Bill” Boyce and Loretta Riggle Boyce on September 5, 1934, in Medicine
Park, Oklahoma. He died on November
25, 2004, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Sonny started working in road construction at the age of
15, and was a foreman for various road crews.
He married Cora Faye Mader on April 24, 1954, in Marlow, Oklahoma.
After their marriage, they lived in several places following Sonny’s
work. In 1979, they settled in
Chickasha. Sonny continued working
in road construction and began working in Dallas County in 1986.
He retired in 1997. Sonny
was a 32nd Degree Mason.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one son, Nicky
Boyce in 1984.
Survivors include his wife, Cora Faye “Cody” Boyce of
Chickasha; son & wife, Tim & Lynn Boyce of Bridgecreek; son & wife,
Robby and & Jana Boyce of Lindsay; grandson & wife, Michael & Jenny
Lynn Boyce of Oklahoma City; grandson, David Boyce of Marlow; grandson, Matt
Boyce of Duncan; granddaughter, Sara Beth Boyce of Lindsay; sister & husband
Billie and Jerry Briscoe of Wilcox, Arizona; sister and husband, Sharon &
Cecil Gray of New Mexico; sister & husband, Linda & Doug Bennett of
Tecumsah; sister & husband, Sandra & Charles Isenhower of McAlester; a
host of nieces & nephews; many special friends, including lifelong friends,
Bud & Dixie Webb of OKC.
Interment was in the Marlow Cemetery in Marlow.
Service was under the direction of the McRay Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to American Diabetes Association or the American Kidney Foundation.