Recitation of the Rosary for Boyd Eugene Mitchell, age 85, will be Sunday evening at 7:00 P.M. at the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel, with Deacon Tony Crispo officiating.    The Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday at 12:00 noon at St. Francis Xavier Church, with Rev. Kevin Ratterman and Rev. Ernest Flusche officiating.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.

            He was born to Frank Finis and Marie Jenieve (Scherer) Mitchell on June 30, 1921, on the family farm southwest of Cherokee, and died Friday, March 9, 2007, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Enid.

            Boyd graduated from St. Joseph’s School in 1940.  He then attended Enid Business College.   Boyd served in the United States Army during World War II.  After working for Geo Failing for six years, he worked as an accountant for several different oil companies in Washington, Texas and Mississippi.  He retired in 1983, and moved back to Enid.  He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.

            He is survived by three sisters, Ora Lee Kruse and husband Dale of Hillsdale, Mary Haselwander and husband Henry of Enid, and Lorraine Dolan and husband Jerry of Kerrville, TX; two brothers, Kelly Mitchell of Enid, and Michael Mitchell and wife Lynda of Enid; and nieces and nephews.

            He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Peggy Stratton.

            Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Our Daily Bread.