Virus complications take woman’s life locally

Complications from the coronavirus have taken the life of a woman in Oconee County. The Blue Ridge Cremation Society has announced the death on April 5 at the Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital of Patricia (Corey) Boni. She was 80 years old and the wife of Bruce Boni of Salem. An interment ceremony will take place in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts where she grew up. A celebration of her life will be later. According to her death announcement, Boni held many jobs in her life including model and an assistant Montessori teacher. She and her husband opened a women’s clothing store.