Birth date: Aug 6, 1944 Death date: Jul 28, 2016
Norma Smith Boggs, 71, of Spotsylvania County entered eternal life Thursday, July 28, 2016 at Mary Washington Hospital. Mrs. Boggs was born August 6, 1944 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late, Francis and Yvonne Read Obituary
Missing Mom and Lewis. So thankful and blessed for the time I had with them.
Cathy McManama
Dear Lewis, Cathy, Bud and family,
Norma was such a lovely lady. I first met her when I was taking my mother and she was taking Charles to radiation. She had just started coming to Christ Episcopal Church. We shared many talks and a good friendship. Then I taught Bud at Livingston in reading and got to meet Cathy. Norma was very proud of Bud and Cathy and her family. After she married Lewis and moved away from Christ Church in Spotsylvania, we did not keep in touch. However, every time I did see her she was always the same loving friend. She will be missed greatly but beautiful memories remain.
Mary Stuart Williams
There was always one thing I could count on every Thanksgiving when my parents took me up to Fredericksburg to celebrate the holiday with the family. Aunt Norma's delicious lemon meringue pie! I was young, had no idea who Marie Callender was. Had no idea that aunt Norma didn't make the pie herself. But who cared, it was delicious! The joke was kind of on me, I guess, as I didn't find out until years later that she didn't make it herself. But here's the thing. I looked forward to it every year. And she always delivered. She'd see me come through the front door when I arrived, take me straight to the fridge and show me that she hadn't forgotten my pie. She cared about the little things that made people happy, and paid attention to them.
I haven't been in touch with her in quite some time, I'm sad to say. But what a great gem of a memory, to illustrate what a caring person she was.
Barbara, Cathy, and the rest of the family - deepest sympathies.
To Lewis, Barbara, Cathy and Family
Our thoughts and prayers are with you, she was a great neighbor when the family lived in Chancellor Green and we kept in touch after she moved. May God be with you as you grief your wife and Mother.
Abe and Lucile Snyder
. What can I say? Norma was one of the kindest and most sincere people that I knew. I never saw her lose her temper. She always had a beautiful smile and never spoke a bad word about anyone. Her faith was strong as was her love of family. She was a wonderful role model for me. I am lucky to have had her as a sister. I will miss her so much.
I am so happy that our family had a chance to reconnect at the 2013 family reunion. We have added all those wonderful memories overflowing our hearts with love and joy.
May Norma rest in peace in the Lord's hands and may He help the family through this time of sorrow.
Jane Howell
To Lewis, Barbara, Cathy, Carol, Ken, Jane and families and friends;
My childhood memories of Norma are very sentimental from those rare occasions of long distance family visits. My youngest memory goes back to about 1960, when I was about 7. I was used to a quiet life as our little family of 4 lived all alone in Miami FL, no relatives nearby. Our visits to the Beauregard household, nearly 1500 miles away was always a big deal. Not just for us, but for the Beauregards and Morins welcoming us. I thought I walked into a Kids Heaven. There were lots of cousins gathered at the Beauregard house. Seven were Uncle Victor’s kids, others were Uncle Leon’s kids, 3. Plus my sister and I and all the Beauregard kids, 5, yikes! Counting that makes 17 kids. Norma being the oldest, 16 (poor thing) came up with an idea to dress me up as a bride. Oh that did it for me, I loved Norma from the get go. Her creative and loving heart knew she couldn’t stop there and leave out so many others so then she got Linda Morin (11) and dressed her up as the groom. According to the picture I have it looks like Victor’s kids were the bride maids and the boys took off, they wanted no part of this… (The picture of this can be seen in our Family Tree – History Book on photo page titled Movie Star…). Tell me what 16 year- old would stick around 17 little kids. This is a first peak at who Norma was. She was so kind hearted and loving. She certainly set a beautiful example for her siblings to follow.
Fast forwarding to 2004 to 2013 of my adult memories of her; decades had passed having not seen Norma. In May 2004 we re-met as adults. Her, Lewis and her Mom stopped in for a visit while they were in Florida. It was a wonderful afternoon spent altogether with my Mom and Tessie present too. That was a first visit out of a couple more that followed. That opened the door for what was next.
It was Norma’s trip she took by herself in 2009, when she flew down and stayed with me for Tessie’s funeral that we really got to know each other. We had plenty of un-interrupted special alone time to talk. We covered a lot of ground from happy times to sad times. We laughed and had moments of sadness. All-encompassed with support and encouragement for each other. We discovered how much we think alike on so many important topics. That took our conversations deep below the surface. Amazing how we soared from a 1 to a 10 on a scale measuring the bond that formed between us in such a short time. No one will ever be able to take her place in my heart.
The best way for me to describe Norma is to say she genuinely offers all that is needed when it is needed. Whether it is for children, like when she offered kids sewing lessons. Like when she encouraged Amy to go forward planning that awesome 2013 family reunion, plus generously, financially backing her support. Like when she did what was needed for her church, offering her expert work ethics in 2007 as treasurer of St. Michael’s. She was the Director of the Altar Guild. Plus, she was assistant Treasurer and Vestry member at St. Luke’s Anglican Catholic Church, under the Rev. Fr. Jeffery Edmunds. Believing completely in the Trinity, she lived her faith and was slow to anger, quick to forgive, readily and generously gave to charity. She cared for the sick, Charles and her aging Mom for years. And this is just what I know of.
Supportive, encouraging, loving and generous, and always with a good attitude, she lived her life fully for God and family. What an example she leaves for all who knew her. May she be perpetually, embraced in the warmth of the loving arms of Jesus. She will be dearly missed. I’m so sad to see her go. My deepest condolences go out to all of the family.
Judy Kirouac
Dear Lewis, we are so very sorry to hear of Norma's death and we truly send to you and her family our deepest sympathy. She was very kind and always had a smile and was always nice to see the love and care you both had for each other. With Love and caring thoughts, Jimmy & Vickie Boggs
