Melba Boone

BOONE Melba Myrtle Feb. 6, 1926 – Oct. 22, 2020 Passed peacefully away at the Hugh Twomey Centre in Botwood on October 22, 2020 Melba Myrtle (Langdon) Boone in the presence of her family. Predeceased by her husband, Melvin, and siblings; Evelyn, Walter, Atwell, Gerald and Lester; and her parents Arthur and Lucy (Rolfe) Langdon. Leaving to mourn her brothers Ronald (Mae) and Alwin; sisters-in-law: Mildred Langdon, Sadie Langdon, Dorothy Boone (Dot) and Margaret Boone; brother-in-law Freeman Boone; daughters: Fronie (Joe) Smith; NS, Jean (Peter) Tansley, Verlie (Doug) Koch; ON, sons: Randy (Catherine), Rod (Kathleen), and Howard (Mary) NB; grandchildren: Bob Brown, Natalie Fitzpatrick, Catherine & Aaron Tansley, Tamara Sample, Carolyn Munn, Jeffrey Boone, Glenn & Sheldon Boone, Joshua Boone, Christopher and Nicholas Koch, Jasmine Waechter and 15 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The family wishes to express thankfulness and appreciation to all the staff at the Twomey Centre for their loving care of our Mom for the past 10 Years. Visitation will take place from Barrett’s Funeral Home, 328 Hamilton Avenue, on Monday, October 26, from 10 A.M. – 12NOON. (COVID-19 Restrictions apply). The Funeral service will take place on Monday, October 26 at 2:00 P.M. at The Salvation Army St. John’s West Corps on Mundy Pond Road with interment to follow at the SA Blackmarsh Road Cemetery. The service will be livestreamed for those who wish to attend virtually. To view, please follow the link provided the day of the service on Barrett’s main webpage. As expressions of sympathy, donations in Melba’s memory may be made to the Salvation Army West Corps. To view the online memorial guest book or leave a message of condolence please visit www.barretts.ca