Alma "Polly" Pauline Boerner

September 11, 1921 - October 20, 2016

Alma Pauline "Polly" Boerner, 95, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2016 in Denton, Texas.  She was born September 11, 1921 in Pilot Point, TX to Paul and Alma (Kilpatrick) Riney.   Polly was second to the oldest of 17 children.  She married Eddie Boerner on October 28, 1939.  He preceded her in death on August 15, 1980.  Polly later married Jim Henson on May 8, 1992.  Jim preceded her in death on February 12, 2003.Polly loved people and made many friends.  She was an excellent cook and seamstress.  Polly retired from Russell Newman Manufacturing  Company in 1986.She is survived by two sons, Ralph Boerner and wife Mildred and Gerald Boerner and wife Debbie all of Pilot Point, TX; four daughters, Louise Triplett and husband Wayne of Pilot Point, TX, Reba Masengale of Tioga, TX, Debbie Wilkinson and husband Mark of McKinney, TX and Mary Nell Cogburn and husband Dan of Gainesville, TX; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grand children; four brothers, Leroy “Bud” Riney of Pilot Point, TX, Maloie Riney of Irving, TX, Ross Riney of Lucas, TX and Sam Riney of Hawthorne, NJ; two sisters, Betty Cox of Collinsville, TX and Carolyn Story of McKinney, TX and numerous nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Alma, husbands Eddie and Jim; brothers John Paul, David, J.C., Harold Eugene and Jerry Riney; sisters, Edna Weber, Nadine Berend, Gwen Bridges, Alta Gillen and Nellie Lou Riney and grandson, Tommy Boerner.Pallbearers will be Darren Triplett, Joey Boerner, Delton Masengale, Jason Lowe, Shane Ervin and Forrest Lindberg.Rosary and visitation will be held at 10:00AM, Monday, October 24, 2016 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church of Pilot Point with Father Tom Kennedy officiating a Mass of Christian Burial beginning at 11:00AM.  Online condolences may be shared at www.slaymemorialfuneralhome.com.Services are under the direction of Phyllis Stout and Slay Memorial Funeral Center. To send a flower arrangement to the family of Alma "Polly" Pauline Boerner, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.