Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Boufford, Dolores Joan April 24, 2012
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Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Thurs. April 26, 2012

Dolores Joan Boufford, 86, of Ionia, passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. On 
May 15, 1926,  in Cadillac, William and Alice (Garneau) Benedict welcomed their 
baby daughter Dolores Joan.

She married Carl Frederick Ziegler at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Cadillac on 
Aug. 10, 1944. They had five daughters. He preceded her in death on Nov. 28, 
1969. She then married Herb Essex on April 14, 1973, who preceded her in death 
on Nov. 1, 1982. She was an X-ray technician when she retired from Mercy 
Hospital in Cadillac. She married Elmer Boufford on June 19, 2004 in Lake 
Odessa. He preceded her in death on April 18, 2008.

After graduating from Cadillac High School, she served in the Civil Air Patrol 
during World War II. She had been a Girl Scout Leader when her girls were 
younger. She was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ionia. Her 
trips to Lourdes and the Holy Lands with her friend, Olga Romanow of 
Pinconning, were cherished. She loved to square dance, sew, and play cards ... 
if she was winning.

She enjoyed quilting and was a member of "Fit To Be Tied" and the "Ionia Ladies 
Thimble Club". There was always a book nearby that she was reading; there 
weren't many genre of books she hadn't read. She could always find time to 
watch an old John Wayne or Sean Connery movie!

Surviving are her sister-in-law, Betty (Jack) Baird of Cadillac; daughters; 
Cynthia Ziegler-Smith of Mt. Pleasant, Mary Ziegler of Ionia, Janice (Jim) 
Schell of Chesaning, Marsha (Jerry) Packer of Dixon, MO, and Joanna (Rod) 
Hodges of Hudsonville; 10 grandchildren; Shane (Kim), Jamie (Kurt), Chris 
(Char), Christine (Dave), Gina, James, David (Kelly), Craig, Shellie and 
Heather; 19 great grandchildren and many cousins, nieces and nephews; step-
children; Gail (Earl) Seger, Patricia Boufford, Mary Gray, Elizabeth (John) 
Pruitt, Father Thomas Boufford, Joan (Dennis) Senchuck, Helen (Dorr) Bissell, 
Ed (Peggy) Boufford, Joseph Boufford, John (Cheryl) Boufford, grandchildren and 
great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich 
St., Ionia, on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. A rosary will be said at 
7:30 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Father Thomas 
Boufford at 11 a.m. Friday, April 27, 2012, at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic 
Church, Ionia. Burial will follow at 4 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Cadillac.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Ss. Peter and 
Paul Educational Trust Fund, 434 High St., Ionia, MI 48846, in memory of Mrs. 
Dolores Boufford, or Ionia Area Hospice, 601 E. Washington St., Ionia, MI 48846.

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