Tribute to A Mother

Dear, Jan, Duane and family,
We have you in our thoughts and prayers during this time of loss and sorrow. The members of the Springfield Road Runners Club have you wrapped in our arms and hearts. This is our tribute to your mom.

What Is a Mother?
A mother can be almost any size or any age, but she won't admit to anything over thirty. A mother has soft hands and smells good. A mother likes new dresses, music, a clean house, her children's kisses, an automatic washer and Daddy.
A mother doesn't like having her children sick, muddy feet, temper tantrums, loud noise or bad report cards. A mother can read a thermometer (much to the amazement of Daddy) and like magic, can kiss a hurt away.
A mother can bake good cakes and pies but likes to see her children eat vegetables. A mother can stuff a fat baby into a snowsuit in seconds and can kiss sad little faces and make them smile.
A mother is underpaid, has long hours and gets very little rest. She worries too much about her children but she says she doesn't mind at all. And no matter how old her children are, she still likes to think of them as her little babies.
She is the guardian angel of the family, the queen, the tender hand of love. A mother is the best friend anyone ever had. A mother is love.
- Author Unknown

Lois Boner
SPRINGFIELD — Lois Esther Boner,84, of Springfield died Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at St. John’s Hospital. She was born May 22, 1922, in Sandoval, the daughter of George and Birda Kennedy Patton. She married George W. “Bill” Boner in 1940. Mrs. Boner retired as an outside plant engineering clerk from Illinois Bell Telephone Co. in 1980 after 25 years. She attended West Side Christian Church and was a member of Telephone Pioneers of America. She was a former member of Springfield Junior Women’s Club and the Sweet Adelines. Survivors: husband, Bill; daughter, Janet (husband, Duane) Wilson of Springfield; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister, Leah Kickham of Memphis, Tenn.; brother, Walter R. (wife, Lu) Patton of Maryville; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Private graveside services: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Charles Lee officiating. Staab Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.