1/17/14 - A former Michigan Supreme Court justice who lived in Howell will be laid to rest this weekend. Patricia Boyle died Monday at the age of 76 due to respiratory failure while visiting a relative in Florida. She had been living in Howell and is survived by her four children and five grandchildren. Visitation will be held at Lynch & Sons Funeral Home in Milford on Saturday from 2-8pm, with services set for Sunday at Milford Presbyterian Church at 1pm. Burial will follow at the Commerce Memorial Cemetery. Boyle resigned a lifetime appointment as a federal judge in 1983 to become a Michigan Supreme Court justice, a post she held for 15 years until retiring at the end of 1998. Boyle is a member of the Michigan Womenâs Hall of Fame and as a Wayne County Prosecutor and member of the Michigan Womenâs Task Force on Rape, helped draft a comprehensive reform of state laws on criminal sexual conduct. The legislation was used as a model by numerous other states and has been described as the most successful rape law reform measure in the nation. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking memorials be made in Boyleâs name to Neighborhood Legal Services of Michigan in Detroit.
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