Westfall, Mary M. Boggess Gerwig

Passed: 2000-11-07

Age: 78

Source: Jackson County Newspapers

Death Notice: 2000-11-11

Obituary Date:

Information: Mrs. Magdalene Boggess Gerwig Westfall, 78, of Goldtown, WV, died Tuesday, November 7, 2000 at home following a short illness.  She was born May 1, 1922 at Goldtown, WV a daughter of the late Estel and Pheba Bumgardner Boggess.  She attended the Otterbein German Reform Church, Braxton County and Fisher Memorial Church in Goldtown.  She was a member of the Chapel Farm Women's Club. She was an auxiliary volunteer at the Mt. Carmel East Hospital in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.  She was engaged in dairy and beef cattle farming in Braxton County and a former employee of the City of Gassaway.  She is survived by a brother, Darrell Boggess of Ravenswood, WV; two sisters, Phyllis J. Boggess and Dortha Hedrick both of Goldtown WV; nieces, Marsha Boggess, Charleston WV and Barbara Sharon Boggess of Hurricane; nephew, Dr. Kevin Boggess of Charleston WV.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two husbands, Kemp Gerwig and Brooks Westfall, a brother, Clifton Boggess and a nephew, Kyle Boggess. Funeral services were 11 a.m. Friday, November 10, 2000 at the Parsons-Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley WV with Rev. Carl Chambers officiating.  Graveside services and burial was at 3 p.m. at the Gerwig Cemetery, Chapel Road, Braxton County, WV.  Friends called from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home.