Funeral services for Mary Janice Boren Kirchoffner will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 16, 2022 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Jim Coe of Holy Family Catholic Church, Lawton, Oklahoma officiating.

Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery.

The family will greet friends Monday, August 15, 2022 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mary Janice Boren Kirchoffner, 82, Lawton, Oklahoma passed away peacefully, Thursday, August 11, 2022 in Duncan, Oklahoma.

Mary Janice Boren Kirchoffner was born on April 21,1940 in Stratford, Texas to Joseph and Allene (Lowry) Boren. She had three older brothers named Bill, Charles, and Homer and one younger brother named Joseph. She loved each of them dearly. She attended Stratford High School and then graduated from West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas with a degree in business.

Mary met Frank Kirchoffner and later married him on April 11, 1968 in Hereford, Texas. She received her master's in education from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma and began teaching. She could teach anything from high school English to elementary, yearbook, Gifted and Talented, and ESL. She retired after 46 years of teaching in Oklahoma and Texas.

Mary loved teaching, gardening, watching all sports teams, and a good cup of coffee. She particularly loved watching her daughter run and coach track, and her son-in-law coach football.  Her most prized possessions were her two granddaughters, Raegan and Rossi. She babysat Raegan from six weeks old until Raegan went to pre-kindergarten.  Her door was always open when Raegan wanted to walk across the street just to see Gaga. When Rossi was born, she would hold and rock her all day. She was also a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.

Mary is survived by one daughter, Sara Breeze and Ryan of Lawton, Oklahoma, two granddaughters, Raegan and Rossi Breeze plus a grandson on the way, one brother, Joe Boren and wife Judi, and many nieces and nephews.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brothers, Bill, Charles, and Homer Boren.