Naomi Boyer Styer

Naomi Boyer Styer (née Gingrich), 96, of Shermans Dale, PA, peacefully passed into life eternal on December 17, 2023, at her home. Naomi was born on April 3, 1927, the seventh of fifteen children to John and Anna Gingrich in Summerdale, PA. She graduated from Enola High School in 1944, the year her youngest brother was born. Naomi was the office manager at Southern Venetian Blind Company for 30 years. She then worked at Allied Pix, and then moved on to the Patriot News, from which she retired. When Naomi was 12, she met William “Tex” Boyer, the new boy in town. They married on September 21, 1947, at Deeter’s Garden in Summerdale, PA. They were married until his death in 1986. In March 1996, Naomi married Paul Styer. Over her lifetime, Naomi was an active member of her local churches. At Summerdale United Methodist Church, she taught 2nd grade Sunday school for several generations. Additionally, Naomi was financial secretary and she assisted her father with the church’s accounting. After moving to Shermans Dale, she became an active member of Mt. Gilead United Methodist Church. Here, she was the building fund treasurer and was an active member of the Visitation Committee as well as maintaining an involved role in the church. During her lifetime, Naomi enjoyed and treasured spending time with family, horseback riding, traveling to all 50 states and along the Appalachian trail, visiting covered bridges, square dancing, appreciating God’s beauty in nature, baking with family, passing on her Pennsylvania Dutch recipes and legacy, going to the Silver Sneakers group at the gym, and giving thanks for all the blessings that she received. Naomi is survived by her loving family who will miss her deeply. She has two daughters, Cheryl Markle, and Cerise Sawyer, husband Frank. Her grandchildren, Deanna Hoffman, husband Todd; William Markle; Jared Sawyer, wife Jillyan; and Sean Sawyer, wife Elizabeth. Naomi also had seven great-grandchildren: Matthew and Katherine Hoffman, and Grace, Molly, Merritt, Rooney, and Thomas Sawyer. Additionally, she is survived by David Styer, wife Naomi and Joyce Styer Hopkins, husband James. Grandchild Elizabeth and great-grandsons Alex, Dominick, and Andre. Naomi is also survived by four of fifteen siblings: Joann Warner, Joyce Wentz, David Gingrich, and Mike Gingrich, and countless extended family members whom she adored. In addition to her husbands, she was also preceded by ten of her siblings: Clair Gingrich, Helen Koch, Thelma Kramer, Doris Baker, Sam Gingrich, John Gingrich, Fay Brashear, Wilma Hutchinson, Anna Blosser, and Tom Gingrich. Naomi was dearly loved and will be remembered for her sweetness, her loving kindness, her thoughtfulness, her thankfulness to God, and her appreciations for all of the beauty and blessings that God has given to us. All who knew her will remember her for the joy that she brought them. A memorial for Naomi will be held on Friday, December 22nd at Mt. Gilead Church, at 935 Windy Road, in Shermans Dale. Visitation will begin at 9:30, and memorial services will begin at 11:00. Interment will be at 2:30 at the cemetery of the Halifax Community Church, at 105 Wind Hill Drive in Halifax, PA. Memorial contributions may be sent to Mt. Gilead or the Shermans Dale Ambulance Fund, at 260 Richwine Road, Shermans Dale, PA 17090. The Boyer Family Funeral Home is honored to handle arrangements for the Styer Family.

Naomi Boyer Styer

April 3, 1927 - December 17, 2023