Eloise Oliver Boykin, 81, of Allendale Drive, North Haven, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Eloise was born in Duluth, Georgia on August 21, 1931; daughter of the late Joseph and Emma Terrell Oliver and had worked for Pratt & Whitney for many years until retiring as an Inspector. Mother of Valerie Boykin of Philadelphia, PA, Melvin Boykin of New Haven, Darlyne Boykin and her husband Lincoln Roach of Cary, NC, Mark Boykin of New Haven and the late Richard Boykin. Grandmother of Brett and Taylor Boykin-Roach. Sister of Lillian Craddock and her husband Lucious of Fayetteville, Ga. and the late Edward Oliver.
Funeral Services will be conducted in the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue, Saturday morning at 10:00 with the Pastor J.P. Morgan officiating. Interment will follow in Beaverdale Memorial Park. Family and friends may call from 9:00 am until the time of service on Saturday.