Lowellville - Ida M. Boggia, 82, of Lowellville, died July 19, 2009 at the Emergency Room at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown.
Mrs. Boggia was born March 15, 1927 in Lowellville, a daughter of Phillip and Elvera DeJulius Butch. She was a lifelong resident of Lowellville.
She was a 1945 graduate of Lowellville High School. Prior to her marriage and raising her children, she was employed by Peoples Bank in Youngstown.
She was a member of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church in Lowellville and its Ladies Guild. She also belonged to the Mt. Carmel Ladies Society, where she was captain of the Becker Funeral Home Bocce Team. She enjoyed playing cards and meeting monthly to play with her dear friends.
She was a humble woman known for her genuine kindness. She enjoyed taking care of her family and cooking for them and her neighbors' pets. Mrs. Boggia loved watching her grandchildren's music concerts and sporting events. She was a dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother who gave herself unselfishly to these endeavors.
She leaves her husband, Alfred A. Boggia, whom she married November 21, 1953; four daughters, Mary Beth (Rick) Partika of Poland, Lisa (James) Perry, Kelly (Ed) Tkach, and Jeanne (Joe) DePasquale, all of Lowellville; two sons, Alfred A. (Tonya) Boggia Jr. and Robert Boggia of Lowellville; a sister, Mary Butch of Lowellville; a brother, Donald (Barbara) Butch of Summerville, SC; ten grandchildren, Marisha, Bryan, and Katarina Partika, Jimmy Perry, Geno and Giavanna Tkach, Joey and Paolo DePasquale, and Antonina and Antonio Boggia.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her infant son, Michael Boggia; three sisters, Nora Pisciuneri, Erma Knoc, and Lucy Hritz; and three brothers, Dominic, Phillip, and Guy Butch.
Services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home in Lowellville and 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church. Interment will follow at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cemetery.
Family and friends will be received Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
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