Dorothy Marie Itten Boyce, 77, of Malad and former Belmont, UT resident, passed away July 17, 2002 in the Oneida County Nursing Home.

Dorothy was born May 5, 1925 in Boulder, CO, a daughter of Edward and May Ione Draper Itten. She met and married jack Reed Boyce on April 7, 1944 in Denver, CO, where he was stationed during the war. They moved to Corinne, UT where they farmed for a short time and then lived in Tremonton and Ogden. In 1960 they purchased a sheet metal business in Tremonton, which they named “Boyce Sheet Metal”. Dorothy worked with her husband in the business as bookkeeper until 1978 when the business was sold. She continued being active in community, volunteer service and was always an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she loved serving others in many callings. The remarkable quality about Dorothy was her ability to love and be loved by all she met.

She is survived by four children, Gordon Jack Boyce, Midvale, UT; John H. Boyce, Smithfield, UT; Diana May (Edwin) Sunday, Sonora, CA; Kenneth (Lesa) Boyce, Malad, ID; 13 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; one brother, Howard (Eula, deceased) Gambles, Brighten, CO.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one sister, Mildred Itten.

Funeral services were held July 22, 2002 in the Belmont, UT LDS Ward Chapel. Burial was in the Lava Hot Springs, ID Cemetery