Marrilyn (Jamison) Bovis, 79

MILFORD - Marrilyn (Jamison) Bovis of Milford passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, in Bayhealth-Milford Memorial Hospital. She was 79.

Mrs. Bovis was born May 23, 1928, in Milford, daughter of the late Richard Harwood and Mary Grier (Hallett) Jamison.

She was a graduate of Milford High School and earned her bachelor's degree in 1949 from Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia.

After completing her college education, Mrs. Bovis did post-graduate studies for teaching accreditation at the University of Delaware.

She was a teacher in Rehoboth Beach after college.

Mrs. Bovis then lived in California until 1988, and then moved to Delaware.

She was also employed for several years as a social worker for the Delaware Commission for the Blind.

She spent most of her years as a full-time homemaker.

Mrs. Bovis was a member and twice regent of the Oliver Wetherbee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Coronado, Calif., a member and past regent and registrar of the Captain Jonathan Caldwell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Milford and a member and corresponding secretary and chaplain of the Delaware State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Mrs. Bovis was a member and past president of the Liberty Independence Colony of the New England Women and a member of the National Society of New England Women, a member of the Magna Charta Dames, the Daughters of Colonial Wars, the National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, a member and past vice president of the Coronado Women's Club, a past president of the Coronado Band Boosters and a member of the Milford New Century Club.

She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Irving Bovis; two sons and daughters-in-law, John N. and Trish Bovis of Eagle, Idaho, and James D. and Suzanne Borel LeCompte of San Diego; a daughter, Amy Lee LeCompte of Boise, Idaho; three grandchildren, Jack Bovis, Ryan Bovis and Brianna Bovis; and two step-grandchildren, Mario Borel and Simonne Villamichel Borel.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery Chapel, 100 Patriots Way, Millsboro.

Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial contributions to Johns Hopkins Parkinson Disease Center, JHOC Suite 5064, 601 Caroline St., Baltimore, MD 21287.

Arrangements made by Rogers Funeral Home, Milford.