Evelyn Day Boynton, age 96, daughter of Elsie Bailey and Seymour Day of Hardyston Twp., N.J., died peacefully on Thursday, December 12, at home.
Born in Franklin, N.J., Evelyn has been a lifelong resident of Sussex County. She graduated from Franklin High School, class of 1941. She then graduated from The Mountainside Hospital in Glen Ridge, N.J., as a Registered Nurse. Evelyn worked many years at the Franklin Hospital and then worked at the Wallkill Valley General Hospital in Sussex, NJ when they merged, before retiring in 1985. Evelyn was a Life Member of Order of The Eastern Star and enjoyed following and watching the New York Yankees and NASCAR. She took great joy in tending her flowers and garden.
Evelyn is predeceased by her husband, Richard W. Boynton, Sr.(1995), 2 sons, William Lee(1947) and David Boynton(1996) and a sister, Doris Day Marsh(2000) and is survived by a son, Richard W. Boynton, Jr. of Wantage Twp., NJ and a daughter, Jane Gonzalez and her husband, Richard of Franklin, NJ. Loving grandmother of Michelle Mithory, David J. Boynton, Melissa Storch and Shelly Kane. Cherished great grandmother of Madison and Katelyn Boynton, Patrick D. Kane, Alexis and Logan Storch and Olivia Mithory. Dear sister of Charles Day of Hardyston Twp., NJ.
Graveside services under the direction of F. John Ramsey Funeral Home, One Main Street, Franklin, NJ will be Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at North Hardyston Cemetery, Hardyston Twp., NJ at 11:30 AM. Memorial gifts to the Wantage Dog Pound, 888 State Highway 23, Wantage, NJ 07461 would be greatly appreciated. Information and condolences can be found at www.fjohnramseyfuneralhome.com