COBDEN, Ill. -- Joy Keller Boch, 66, of Cobden, Ill., formerly of Dongola, Ill., died Thursday, Jan. 30, 1997, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill.
She was born Dec. 4, 1930 in Union County, Ill., daughter of Cecil and Inez Kesler Keller. She was a retired medical secretary and a volunteer at the Anna Veterans Home.
She is survived by one son, Bradley Corzine, of Dongola; one daughter, Deidre Tarpley, of Dongola; five sisters, Ruby Youngblood, of Madison, Tenn., Beatrice Dillow, of Dundee, Ill., Launda Peeler, of Green Valley, Ariz., Colleen Slusher, of Roxanna, Ill., and Fae Bankert, of Dongola; and five grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the Crain Funeral Home in Dongola. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Myron Dillow officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery.
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