Norma Florence (nee Ford) Boling, age 90, of District Heights-Forestville, MD, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, March 16, 2018.
Norma was preceded in death by her parents Robert (Roy) Gideon Ford and Loretta Alice (nee Lathrop) of Prince George’s County; and her brother, John Austin Ford also of Prince George’s.
Norma is survived by her life-long best friend and husband of 72 years, Frank Burton Boling. Norma is also survived by her three children and their spouses: Joanne Carol Dickinson (Bob), of Owings, MD; and her two sons, Frank Roy Boling (Diane), of Chesapeake Beach, MD; and John Arthur Boling (Joyce), of Waldorf, MD; She also leaves to mourn her, nine grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren—most of them still local in parts of Southern Maryland.
Norma and Frank married in their teens. Norma was a traditional 1950’s homemaker and stay-at-home mom. She was a member of the District Heights Women’s Club and one-time President of the Saint Pius X Knights of Columbus Women’s “Queens” Auxiliary in Forestville, MD. For nearly 40 years Norma and Frank were active members of Mount Calvary and St. Bernadine’s Catholic Churches. She enjoyed bowling, cooking, dancing, movies, sewing and crafts, and weekly trips with friends to shopping malls. Her family and friends will always remember her as a kind and gentle-hearted woman who put her family’s needs above her own.
Bill Collette, from Chesapeake Church, Huntingtown, MD will officiate.
The family would like to thank all family, friends, and neighbors for their kind words of sympathy and condolences during this difficult time.
In lieu of flowers please make donations in Norma’s name to: 1. Humane Society of Calvert County, Po Box 3505, Prince Frederick, MD 20678, or 2. Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Phone: 866-232-8484E-mail: [email protected]
