Obituary: Mary Grace Boice

Mrs. Boice

Mrs. Boice

Mary Grace Boice died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Prescott, Arizona, after a three-and-a-half-year fight with cancer, Osteosarcoma. She was 73.

She owned and operated a state certified in-home child care business called Mary Grace’s House, in Phoenix for more than 34 years. She retired to Groom Creek, a small mountain community six miles south of Prescott, Arizona, 10 years ago.

Every year from 1958 through 2016, she spent time in Iron Springs, a small summer community eight miles west of Prescott, established in 1900.

A Phoenix native, the daughter of Betty and John Entz, she is survived by: her husband, Howard; nine children, Carrie Krigbaum, Howard III, Entz (Bo), Betty Lea Sena, Daniel, Phillip, Eli, Joseph, and Clifford; and 17 grandchildren (with more to come).

Services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at All Saints Episcopal Church, 6300 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 86012.

Donations may be sent to the Yavapai Humane Society in Prescott, 1625 Sundog Ranch Road, Prescott, AZ 86301. www.yavapaihumane.org

Please log on to www.ruffnerwakelin.com to sign Mary’s guestbook and share a memory with the family.

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