Beulah "Boots" Swisher

Born on August 9, 1926 in Rockbridge County, a daughter of the late Glen Franklin and Myrtle Lula (Ludwig) Lilley.

Beulah worked for many years in the Dietary Department at Kings Daughters. Following retirement, she greatly enjoyed traveling and cruising with Shenandoah Tour groups, gardening and feeding her parakeets as well as other birds. Beulah was an avid collector of porcelain dolls and frogs. She was a loving and devoted wife and mother.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Curtis Swisher; son, Daniel Curtis Swisher; daughter, Bonnie Stringfield; six brothers, Larry, Raymond, Roy, Mike, Bob and Jim Lilley; and four sisters, Mary Higgs, Ilene Galford, Shirley Wilkins and Mabel Arehart.

Survivors include her daughters, Judy Vaughan and husband, William of Harrisonburg and Mary Martin and husband, Steve of Lake Monticello; son-in-law, Steven Stringfield of Naperville, IL; six grandchildren, Adrienne Renner and husband, Rich, Josh Vaughan and wife, Michelle, Christopher Morris and wife, Kendra, Ken Morris, Danny Stringfield and wife, Jen Marie, and Jonathan Stringfield and wife, May; as well as numerous extended family and friends.

Following a private graveside service, a memorial service will be conducted at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, August 12, 2016 at the Waynesboro Chapel of Reynolds Hamrick Funeral Homes with Christopher Morris and Pastor Randy Swisher officiating. The family will receive friends an hour prior to services at the funeral home.

The family would like to express a heartfelt thank you to the staff at Hospice of the Shenandoah and the Shenandoah Nursing Home for the wonderful care of Beulah and her family.

Memorial contributions in Beulah's name may be donated to the Hospice of the Shenandoah, P.O. Box 1000, Fishersville, VA 22939.

Relatives and friends may share condolences and memories with the family online by visiting www.reynoldshamrickfuneralhomes.com