Chris Ann Boggs

Chris Boggs passed away on October 19, 2023 at ProMedica Ebeid Hospice. She was 60.

Chris Ann (McCance) Boggs was born April 9, 1963 in Morenci, Michigan. She was raised in Toledo with her three siblings and graduated from Whitmer High School in 1981.

Chris started a career with the United States Postal Service before following her passion and earning a degree in landscape architecture. She also completed additional training through The Ohio State University to become a Master Gardener. Her love of nature and vast knowledge of horticulture led her to the Toledo Botanical Garden where she oversaw the greenhouse along with garden installation and preservation. During her time at TBG, she developed a deep appreciation for native plants and began partnering with other local groups to protect and restore native plants in Northwest Ohio.

Chris ultimately stepped away from her horticulture career to enjoy her role as Mei Mei with her nine grandchildren. She loved exposing them to nature and spent a lot of time exploring our many Metroparks, the Toledo Zoo and nearby botanical gardens.

In her free time, Chris actively volunteered with the Metroparks, Wild Ones and the Sylvania Tree Commission to continue her work with native plants. She was also dedicated to her church where she taught Sunday school and volunteered to plant and maintain the landscape.

While volunteering at her church in 2021, Chris fell from a ladder and suffered a traumatic brain injury which tragically altered every bit of her life. Following the accident, Chris lost her ability to walk and required assistance with all daily tasks. Even with intense therapies and rehabilitation efforts at top facilities, Chris spent the last two and a half years of her life being cared for by her daughters and unable to participate in any of the activities she so greatly loved. Despite her determination to achieve some recovery, she bravely accepted the unimaginable and requested to be placed in hospice care. The end of her life was exceptionally difficult so, while she is deeply missed, her family finds peace knowing she is reunited with her loving husband who passed away in 2014 following a battle with cancer. She is also now free of disability and able to garden in ultimate paradise.

Chris was proceeded in death by her husband, Eddie Boggs. Surviving are her children Sara (John) Roemer and their children, Grant, Nola, Clay and Ruth; Grace Barton and her children, Landon, Jackson and Kate; and Allison Boggs and her children, Adelaide and Abigail. She is also survived by her parents, Ron and Carol McCance; sister Beth (Aaron) Pinkus; brothers, Bryan McCance and Greg McCance; and many dearly loved nieces and nephews.

A private service will be held for immediate family followed by Chris’ cremation at Walker Funeral Home. Donations can be made in Chris’ name to the Metroparks Toledo Foundation. metroparkstoledofoundation.org/ways-to-give/

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