Dr. Boyvey devoted much of her life to education and library/information science in the State of Texas. Completing a bachelor’s degree at age 20 from Texas Woman’s University, she later received a master’s degrees from the University of Chicago in Library Science as well as master’s and a Ph.D. from UT. She worked as a school librarian with several school districts before joining the Texas Education Agency as Program Director in 1966. Active in many library science professional organizations, she was a past President of the Texas Library Association and a Board Member of the American Library Association. After her retirement she traveled widely with friends and continued to learn new things through the Lifetime Learning Institute of Austin. Her Catholic faith was important to her and she was active at St. Theresa Catholic Church.
Born September 10, 1920 in Fort Worth to James and Elizabeth O’Neil, she grew up in the oilfield town of Ranger. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ralph R. Boyvey, her only child, James Lee Boyvey, and her dear friend Catheryne S. Franklin. She will be greatly missed by her “adopted family” David and Mary Block and Julie Sanford; her longtime friends and travel companions Dorothy Billman and Virginia Phillips; her neighbors and many other friends. Her devoted and energetic caregivers Maria Castro and Maria Wagner made her last years not only comfortable but interesting, keeping her active until the week of her death.
A visitation will be held beginning at six o’clock in the evening followed by the recitation of the Rosary at seven o’clock on Thursday, the seventeenth of May 2012 at Cook Walden Funeral Home, 6100 N. Lamar, 78752. The Mass of Christian Burial will take place at ten o’clock in the morning on Friday, the eighteenth of May at St. Theresa Catholic Church, 4311 Small Drive, Austin, 78731; Msgr. William Brooks will be the celebrant.
Condolences may be sent to www.cookwaldenfuneralhome.com
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