Obituaries

Josephine Kirby BoespflugGift Shop Manager

Josephine "Joey" Mary Kirby Boespflug, 77, who combined her retail sales experience with her love of volunteer work to manage the Little Shop gift store at Inova Alexandria Hospital for more than 20 years, died Aug. 10 of complications from pneumonia in her home in Alexandria.

She was born in Quantico and graduated from Immaculata high school and preparatory school in Washington. After graduation, she worked in the family jewelry business in Northern Virginia.

She married in 1954 and moved to Alexandria, where she split her time between raising her three children, working in the family business and volunteering. Her volunteer work included managing the hospital gift shop.

Mrs. Boespflug was a member of the KiWives/Kiwaniannes from 1971 to 2007 and served as president in 1986 to 1987. From 1986 to 1996, she volunteered with the Alexandria Voter Registration Outreach Program and was a registrar and polls election official.

She was a member of the Inova Alexandria Hospital Foundation board of trustees in its early years and the auxiliary board of Inova Alexandria Hospital.

She loved golf and was a longtime member of Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria, where she enjoyed weekly golf games with her friends from Post Cana, a widows group. She traveled extensively, enjoying group tours and golfing trips with her family and friends.

Her husband of 26 years, Anton "Tony" Boespflug, died in 1980.

Survivors include three children, Brian Boespflug of Falls Church, Rosanne Kershaw of Cranberry Township, Pa., and Mark Boespflug of Alexandria; a sister, Frances Maddox of Woodbridge; and six grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Harriette Bayard CooperClub Member, Volunteer

Harriette Bayard Cooper, 88, a club member and volunteer who made crafts to benefit charities, died of pneumonia Aug. 12 at her home in Arlington.