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Boyle, Anna C.
Anna C. Boyle, 94, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Hiawatha Care Center, Hiawatha. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, at St. Ludmila's Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, conducted by Father Dennis Juhl and Deacon Jim Berger. Family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her children, Andrea (Al) Page of Cedar Rapids, Thomas (Connie) Boyle of Cedar Rapids, Terrence (Judy) Boyle of Bella Vista, Ark., Tim Boyle, Theresa Howard and David Boyle (Kristi Flanigan) all of Cedar Rapids; siblings, Donald D.(Zepha) Turner and Lee (Nancy) Turner of Marion, Vivian (Ward) Winkie of Amana and Mari (Ken) Kucera of Riverside; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clarence Boyle; brothers, Eugene and W. Dean Turner; and sister, Arlene Wilcoxson.
Anna was born May 5, 1919, in Cainsville, Mo., the daughter of Hurshel and Lela (Longfellow) Turner. She moved to Cedar Rapids at a young age and attended school at Dairy Dale and Franklin. On Sept. 6, 1937, she was united in marriage to Clarence Boyle at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Anna worked as a waitress at various restaurants, then as a cashier at the Me Too Stores. She also worked at Merchants National Bank, worked and volunteered at Witwer Senior Center and owned Colonial Café in Traer. Anna was a longtime member of St. Ludmila's Catholic Church and also of VFW Post 788 Auxiliary. She enjoyed line dancing for Witwer Senior Center, loved animals and was proud of her Missouri heritage. Anna was best known for her good cooking.
Mom,
You've been to our lives a sheltering tree, you've always been there giving shade to us. Your quiet strength will see us through, we're so glad that you loved us because we will always love you.
Please sign the online guest book for Anna at under obituaries.
Published in The Gazette July 2, 2013.
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