Lavina Elizabeth "Betty" Walters Boehle, age 99, passed away, Friday, January 19, 2018. At 11:05 a.m. Born in Vanderpool, Bandera County, Texas, on December 30, 1918 the daughter of Charles Henry Monroe Walters and Lura Mae Gass Walters. Elizabeth was the third child of seven children. Elizabeth's family lived at Station C near Utopia, Texas. She went to school in Tuff, Texas until junior high and then attended Medina Schools. She liked Math, Reading, and History and graduated from Medina High School in 1940. In 1941 she attended Draughon's Business College in San Antonio, Texas. After graduation, she went to work at Kelly Field as a secretary and then transferred to teletype and Western Union. On one of the weekends she traveled home, she met Lewis Boehle at the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera, Texas. Their first date was dancing in Bandera. While dating, Betty and Lewis liked to go to rodeos and dancing. Their courtship lasted 3-4 years and they married at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, in Quihi, Texas on July 19, 1944. They celebrated their wedding by going to the Herman Sons Dance Hall on St. Mary's Street in San Antonio. Lewis was in the Army and their first home was in Durham, North Carolina. They moved to Texas, where they were blessed with the birth of two children, Patricia in 1945 and Robert in 1946. Lewis and Betty were both very involved with their growing children's activities, including sports, 4H, FFA and FHA. One of Betty and Lewis' goals was for their children to graduate from college. Both Patricia and Robert graduated from Southwest Texas State University. Betty and Lewis were married for 55 years. Betty and Lewis were active members of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Quihi. Betty was active in many church activities, including the Altar Guild, WELCA, Sunday School teacher, Vacation Bible School, researching congregational history, helping plan the church's 150th birthday, and participation in many areas of the annual church Sausage Supper from making potato salad to quilts. Each year she made a quilt to donate to the sausage supper fundraiser. She also made quilt tops that the Quihi Quilters hand quilted to donate to the Sausage Supper. This group also made donation quilts throughout the year. Betty's mother and grandmother taught her how to sew and quilt when she was a teenager. Making quilts was both a passion and great joy. Meme was a hand quilter and quilted many beautiful quilts for family, friends and organizations. She tried to keep track of the number but would forget the number and just think of whom they were for and look at all the tiny stitches that are part of the love she put into her quilts. Her quilts were a gift of love to share. Betty, our Meme, created her favorite quilt for her husband Lewis. She used his ties to make his tie quilt. The tie quilt won Grand Champion at the Medina County Fair. Meme entered a quilt in the Medina County Fair yearly. Betty has made many good friends quilting. She has been a member of the Castroville Quilters and Stitchers, the New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild, the Quihi Quilters and several Quilt Bees. Betty is one of the featured quilters in the book MEDINA COUNTY TEXAS QUILTERS. Betty was interviewed by "The Alliance for American Quilts' project, Quilters' S.O.S. - Save our Stories (Q.S.O.S.)": Betty Boehle ID# is TX78130-004. The quilt she used during the interview was her tie quilt. Betty and Lewis were charter members of the Castro Colonies Heritage Association. Meme was an excellent cook and dreams were made waiting for her peach cobbler, pecan pie and sugar cookies. When asked, what was her secret to living a long, healthy life? Betty would ALWAYS answer, "I don't drink and I don't smoke, but I sure love to Dance." She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lewis R. Boehle; sisters, Irene Tilton and Ava Parker; brothers, Adam, Willie, Joseph and Jack Walters; and grandson, Shawn Boyer. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia (Jack) Boyer; son, Robert (Donna) Boehle; grandchildren: Shane (Stacy) Boyer, Sean (Aislin) Boyer, Ricky (Jeana) Boehle, Becky (Josh) Pearce, and Brett (Nicole) Boyer; great-grandchildren,: Ashley, Amber and Aniston Boyer; Hunter and Lillian Boyer; Abbie and Evan Boehle; Ariah Pearce; Aubree, Caitlyn, Jackson and Benjamin Boyer; great-great-grandson, Landon Neidig; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers: Bruce Saathoff, Richard Schweers, Clay Heyen, Jack Hartung, Steve Willis and Jimmy Parker. Honorary Pallbearers: grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandson. Funeral service will be at Quihi Bethlehem Lutheran Church at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 27, 2018, with Pastor Stephen Schur officiating. Interment will be at Quihi Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Memorial Fund at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Quihi, Texas, 3901 FM 2676, Hondo, TX 78861.