Dorothy Jean (Amrhein) Boyle, of Newberry, FL, and formerly of Brookville, IN, was born on March 6, 1928 in Brookville, a daughter to Clarence and Anetia (Kuehn) Amrhein.
Dorothy grew up on her parents’ farm in Brookville, along with her six siblings. She learned housekeeping skills and worked on the farm, milking cows and harvesting produce and crops. As a young adult, she worked at Rex Manufacturing Company in Connersville, IN, and at the Jay Garment Company in Brookville, where she sewed clothes.
Dorothy first encountered her future husband, Marvin Boyle, at Brookville High School. They were married on February 5, 1951, in Biloxi, MS, where Marvin was stationed in the Air Force. In 1959, they moved to Bradenton, FL, due to a job opportunity for Marvin. Dorothy was a homemaker there and also a waitress at a local diner. Upon Marvin’s retirement from the Merchant Marine, they moved to Live Oak, FL, where she assisted with managing a 64 acre farm on which they raised quarter horses for racing and rodeo. Eventually, needing to downsize, they moved to Newberry, FL, in 2016, with their youngest daughter, Arlene, and her family.
Over the years, Dorothy enjoyed country music, embroidery, sewing, bingo, playing cards, and enjoying family and friends. She loved traveling to various places around the country and world, and visited every place (except Korea) where her oldest daughter, April, was stationed in the Army. Dorothy also traveled with her youngest daughter, Arlene and granddaughter, Kayla to barrel races and rodeos around the country. She loved the many times that she took her daughters back to Brookville to visit family. Dorothy was a life-long Catholic, and very dedicated to her faith.
On Thursday, April 30, at the age of 92, Dorothy passed on at Ayers Health and Rehab Center in Trenton, FL, with her daughters at her side.
Those surviving who will cherish her memory include two daughters, Arlene (Larry) Price of Newberry, FL, and April Boyle (Elizabeth Feeser) of Harrison, OH, one granddaughter, Kayla J. Price of Newberry, FL, one sister, Don Lou (Harold) Back, one brother, Ray (Evelyn) Amrhein, and 19 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Marvin Boyle, her parents, and sisters Ruth Kirschner, Norma Knecht, Rita Riehle, and Betty Glaub.
A private rosary and service will be held at the funeral home Friday for immediate family and graveside services will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery at 2:30.
Any memorial contributions can be directed to the Shrine of St Jude in Chicago, or to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital at www.shrineofstjude.org and www.stjude.org respectively. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.cookrosenberger.com. A Mass and dinner will be scheduled at a later date due to COVID-19 restrictions.