Dorothy Jeanne was the second of four children born to Floyd and Florence (Noah) Boyce. She was born and raised in the Chelsea area of Michigan. Dorothy met her future husband through her brother Ellis. Dorothy married Stanley A. LaSovage on September 16, 1939. They bought a house in the Detroit suburb of Redford where they lived for their entire marriage.
To this union they had four children: Sandy
(my mom), Mike, Jim and Kathy. Dorothy loved being a mother and took wonderful care of her family. There were wonderful homemade meals, and treats. She always had a vegetable garden with plenty of fresh veggies for the table and to be canned for winter.
Religion was an important part of Dorothys life. She was a long-time member of St.Valentines parish. She attended mass, volunteered for all of the rummage sales, bake sales, cloths drives, luncheons etc.
When the grandchildren came along, she was amazing! This I know because Dorothy was my Grandma. She loved us and cared for us in such wonderful ways, we all knew we were special. She would have us for the night, the week-end or weeks at a time during vacation from school. There was one night I remember she had all 9 of us at once, ages 2-15, because we begged her to all stay together! When you stayed at Grandmas she would make her famous "animal pancakes". She could make ANY thing at all that you asked for out of that batter with nothing but a spoon in her hand! We asked for animals, shapes, cars, even dollars and cents. Dorothy would also make cut-out cookies with us and let us decorate our own shapes with egg paint or frosting.
When at Grandmas we would also do all kinds of craft projects that I never learned in school or scouts. We all helped with her gardens, we took walks around the block so many times I bet Grandma went around thousands of times if you add it all up! Grandma never lost her temper, but if any of us kids fought she had a sure fire cure. She would put a child on each side of a window with a towel and glass cleaner. It wouldn't take long before the faces we made at each other had us laughing and off playing again. Sometimes I bet Grandma had the cleanest windows without ever lifting a finger.
I was the oldest of the granddaughters and was lucky enough to become an adult with grandma close by. But by 1982 Grandma was already in the grips of Alzheimers disease and having a hard time. We all were robbed of the last ten years of Grandmas life by this terrible disease. This is especially true for the younger grandchildren, and the great grandchildren Grandma would have loved to know.
Dorothy was lovingly taken care of by her family. Stan made sure she was at home for as long as possible. She lived her last years at Mary Crest Manor, where Stan was there twice a day every day until the end came in 1993.
Siblings
Ellis Boyce 1917-2011
Ruth Stewart 1919-2003
Elizabeth Worden 1922-2009
To this union they had four children: Sandy
(my mom), Mike, Jim and Kathy. Dorothy loved being a mother and took wonderful care of her family. There were wonderful homemade meals, and treats. She always had a vegetable garden with plenty of fresh veggies for the table and to be canned for winter.
Religion was an important part of Dorothys life. She was a long-time member of St.Valentines parish. She attended mass, volunteered for all of the rummage sales, bake sales, cloths drives, luncheons etc.
When the grandchildren came along, she was amazing! This I know because Dorothy was my Grandma. She loved us and cared for us in such wonderful ways, we all knew we were special. She would have us for the night, the week-end or weeks at a time during vacation from school. There was one night I remember she had all 9 of us at once, ages 2-15, because we begged her to all stay together! When you stayed at Grandmas she would make her famous "animal pancakes". She could make ANY thing at all that you asked for out of that batter with nothing but a spoon in her hand! We asked for animals, shapes, cars, even dollars and cents. Dorothy would also make cut-out cookies with us and let us decorate our own shapes with egg paint or frosting.
When at Grandmas we would also do all kinds of craft projects that I never learned in school or scouts. We all helped with her gardens, we took walks around the block so many times I bet Grandma went around thousands of times if you add it all up! Grandma never lost her temper, but if any of us kids fought she had a sure fire cure. She would put a child on each side of a window with a towel and glass cleaner. It wouldn't take long before the faces we made at each other had us laughing and off playing again. Sometimes I bet Grandma had the cleanest windows without ever lifting a finger.
I was the oldest of the granddaughters and was lucky enough to become an adult with grandma close by. But by 1982 Grandma was already in the grips of Alzheimers disease and having a hard time. We all were robbed of the last ten years of Grandmas life by this terrible disease. This is especially true for the younger grandchildren, and the great grandchildren Grandma would have loved to know.
Dorothy was lovingly taken care of by her family. Stan made sure she was at home for as long as possible. She lived her last years at Mary Crest Manor, where Stan was there twice a day every day until the end came in 1993.
Siblings
Ellis Boyce 1917-2011
Ruth Stewart 1919-2003
Elizabeth Worden 1922-2009
Dorothy Jeanne was the second of four children born to Floyd and Florence (Noah) Boyce. She was born and raised in the Chelsea area of Michigan. Dorothy met her future husband through her brother Ellis. Dorothy married Stanley A. LaSovage on September 16, 1939. They bought a house in the Detroit suburb of Redford where they lived for their entire marriage.
To this union they had four children: Sandy
(my mom), Mike, Jim and Kathy. Dorothy loved being a mother and took wonderful care of her family. There were wonderful homemade meals, and treats. She always had a vegetable garden with plenty of fresh veggies for the table and to be canned for winter.
Religion was an important part of Dorothys life. She was a long-time member of St.Valentines parish. She attended mass, volunteered for all of the rummage sales, bake sales, cloths drives, luncheons etc.
When the grandchildren came along, she was amazing! This I know because Dorothy was my Grandma. She loved us and cared for us in such wonderful ways, we all knew we were special. She would have us for the night, the week-end or weeks at a time during vacation from school. There was one night I remember she had all 9 of us at once, ages 2-15, because we begged her to all stay together! When you stayed at Grandmas she would make her famous "animal pancakes". She could make ANY thing at all that you asked for out of that batter with nothing but a spoon in her hand! We asked for animals, shapes, cars, even dollars and cents. Dorothy would also make cut-out cookies with us and let us decorate our own shapes with egg paint or frosting.
When at Grandmas we would also do all kinds of craft projects that I never learned in school or scouts. We all helped with her gardens, we took walks around the block so many times I bet Grandma went around thousands of times if you add it all up! Grandma never lost her temper, but if any of us kids fought she had a sure fire cure. She would put a child on each side of a window with a towel and glass cleaner. It wouldn't take long before the faces we made at each other had us laughing and off playing again. Sometimes I bet Grandma had the cleanest windows without ever lifting a finger.
I was the oldest of the granddaughters and was lucky enough to become an adult with grandma close by. But by 1982 Grandma was already in the grips of Alzheimers disease and having a hard time. We all were robbed of the last ten years of Grandmas life by this terrible disease. This is especially true for the younger grandchildren, and the great grandchildren Grandma would have loved to know.
Dorothy was lovingly taken care of by her family. Stan made sure she was at home for as long as possible. She lived her last years at Mary Crest Manor, where Stan was there twice a day every day until the end came in 1993.
Siblings
Ellis Boyce 1917-2011
Ruth Stewart 1919-2003
Elizabeth Worden 1922-2009
To this union they had four children: Sandy
(my mom), Mike, Jim and Kathy. Dorothy loved being a mother and took wonderful care of her family. There were wonderful homemade meals, and treats. She always had a vegetable garden with plenty of fresh veggies for the table and to be canned for winter.
Religion was an important part of Dorothys life. She was a long-time member of St.Valentines parish. She attended mass, volunteered for all of the rummage sales, bake sales, cloths drives, luncheons etc.
When the grandchildren came along, she was amazing! This I know because Dorothy was my Grandma. She loved us and cared for us in such wonderful ways, we all knew we were special. She would have us for the night, the week-end or weeks at a time during vacation from school. There was one night I remember she had all 9 of us at once, ages 2-15, because we begged her to all stay together! When you stayed at Grandmas she would make her famous "animal pancakes". She could make ANY thing at all that you asked for out of that batter with nothing but a spoon in her hand! We asked for animals, shapes, cars, even dollars and cents. Dorothy would also make cut-out cookies with us and let us decorate our own shapes with egg paint or frosting.
When at Grandmas we would also do all kinds of craft projects that I never learned in school or scouts. We all helped with her gardens, we took walks around the block so many times I bet Grandma went around thousands of times if you add it all up! Grandma never lost her temper, but if any of us kids fought she had a sure fire cure. She would put a child on each side of a window with a towel and glass cleaner. It wouldn't take long before the faces we made at each other had us laughing and off playing again. Sometimes I bet Grandma had the cleanest windows without ever lifting a finger.
I was the oldest of the granddaughters and was lucky enough to become an adult with grandma close by. But by 1982 Grandma was already in the grips of Alzheimers disease and having a hard time. We all were robbed of the last ten years of Grandmas life by this terrible disease. This is especially true for the younger grandchildren, and the great grandchildren Grandma would have loved to know.
Dorothy was lovingly taken care of by her family. Stan made sure she was at home for as long as possible. She lived her last years at Mary Crest Manor, where Stan was there twice a day every day until the end came in 1993.
Siblings
Ellis Boyce 1917-2011
Ruth Stewart 1919-2003
Elizabeth Worden 1922-2009
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