Clifford Boyce

DEXTER, Mo. -- Clifford Benjamin Boyce, 84, of Dexter died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001, at Beverly Health and Rehab Center.

He was born Jan. 4, 1917, at Bloomfield, Mo., son of Albert and Ada Mae Palmer Boyce.

Boyce was a retired machinist. He lived in St. Louis and California before returning to Bloomfield, and later moved to Dexter. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He served in the U.S. Army.

Survivors include a son, Bill Boyce of Rogers, Ark.; two daughters, Barbara Nicolini of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Martha Hufford of Bloomfield; a sister, Virginia Nesbitt of Cadiz, Ky.; a brother, Ray Boyce of Louisville, Ky.; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter from 5-8 p.m. today.

Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at West Pleasant Valley Cemetery near Bloomfield. The Rev. Mike Watkins will officiate.