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Velma F. Boutwell

d. April 9, 2017

Velma F. Boutwell

Mrs. Velma Boutwell, age 91, died Sunday, April 9, 2017. She was born in Kingsley, Iowa where she graduated from Kingsley High School. She moved to Sioux City where she went to business school and was a secretary. While in Sioux City, she met and married the love of her life, William A. Boutwell in 1946. They had two daughters, Teresa and Lana, and the family traveled extensively until her husband, Col. Boutwell, retired from the U.S. Air Force at Keesler AFB. They settled in Biloxi and enjoyed their retirement by spending time with family and friends in their waterfront home. Velma was a loving mother and devoted "Mimi" to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Gulfport. Mrs. Boutwell was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, William Boutwell; her parents, Carl and Dorothea Fokken; sisters, Pearl Fokken, Florence Turkington; brothers, William and Carl Fokken. She is survived by her daughters, Teresa Aven and Lana Holliday (John); sisters, Della Delperdang and Norma Paulin; grandchildren, Jennifer Holliday Lonergan (Sean), William Aven (Julie), Alicia Aven Larkin (Lance), Whitney Holliday Lipscomb (Hunter) and Alyson Holliday; and great-grandchildren, Connor and Mic Lonergan and Braxtyn and Beckett Larkin. The Family would like to express a special thank you to the Gulfport Care Center for their loving care during the last few years of Mrs. Boutwell's life. Funeral services will be Friday, April 14, 2017, at Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home, 2511 Pass Road, in Biloxi at 12:30 pm with visitation to begin at 11:30 am. Interment will be immediately after the service at the Biloxi National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to First United Methodist Church of Gulfport.
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Past Services

Visitation

Friday, April 14, 2017

11:30am - 12:30 pm

Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home - Pass Road

2511 Pass Road, Biloxi, MS 39531

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Service

Friday, April 14, 2017

Starts at 12:30 pm

Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home - Pass Road

2511 Pass Road, Biloxi, MS 39531

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Cemetery

Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home - Gulfport

59 Wayside Rd, Stuart, VA 24171

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