Ila Dugger Boydstun, 86, died at her home in Freeland on July 21, 2008.

She was born Nov. 11, 1921 in Rural Clayton, N.M., the daughter of Steve Dugger and Myrtle Belle Redmond.

She was a mother and housewife.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles A. Boydstun; a daughter, Mary Ann Kimball; and a granddaughter, Tammie Jean Cross.

She is survived by a sister, Louise Miller of Park Ridge, Ill.; a brother, Leland Dugger of Roswell, N.M.; two sons, Guy Russell Boydstun (Rita) of West Fork, Ark. and Jim Arthur (Buster) Boydstun (Deborah), of Kelso; two daughters, Bobbie Jean Cross (Tom) of Chickamauga, Ga. and Sally Belle Jones (Larry) of Freeland; 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews. She was grandma to many others.

Memorials may be sent to Home Health Care & Hospice of Whidbey General Hospital, 101 North Main St., Coupeville, WA 98239.

Cremation was under the direction of Visser Funeral Home in Langley.