Bernice Boyles

1889 - 1976  (86 years)

• Name	Bernice Boyles
  Born	24 Sep 1889	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	31 Jan 1976	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	4 Feb 1976	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2516	Rossville
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	James Henry Boyles,   b. 1 Aug 1855, Athens, Athens County, Ohio ,   d. 18 Mar 1910, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Julia E Dodds Boyles,   b. 20 Jul 1860, Athens County, Ohio ,   d. 16 Apr 1949, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 88 years)
  Married	20 May 1877
  Family ID	F662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Boyles, Bernice 1 Bernice Boyles Bernice Boyles, 86, 4712 W. 6th, died Saturday at the Presbyterian Manor where she had lived the past two years. Miss Boyles was a teacher 46 years before she retired in 1956. She taught mathematics 35 years at Topeka High School and was chairman of the mathematics department when she retired. She was instrumental in the establishment of the Topeka Regional Science Fair and was active in promoting the science fair many years. She was named Topeka’s Woman of the Year in the field of arts and sciences in 1957. Miss Boyles was born Sept 24, 1889, near Rossville, the daughter of James and Julia Boyles. She lived at 1183 Mulvane in Topeka from 1940 until she moved to the Presbyterian Manor. She received an AB degree in 1917 from the University of Kansas and did graduate study at Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia and at the University of Minnesota. She taught three years in the elementary school at Silver Lake and also taught in rural schools in Shawnee County. She taught a year at Neodesha and two years at Atchison. She taught one year at the former Quincy Junior High School in North Topeka before she joined the faculty at Topeka High School. Miss Boyles was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Beulah Chapter No. 34 Order of Eastern Star, the Travelers Club, and Chapter GJ of PEO Sisterhood. She also was a member of several teacher organizations. Survivors include four nieces, Beatrice Luthye, 1165 Oakley, Mrs. Wilma Rabe, 1724 Webster, Mrs. Gladys Richards, 2341 Moundview Drive and Mrs. Hazel Judkins, Garden Grove, Calif; and two nephews, James H. Boyles, ___________ and George Boyles, San Bernardino, Calif. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Newcomer-Diffenderfer Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery.
  		Obituary- Boyles, Bernice 2 Bernice Boyles Born on a farm near Rossville, upon graduating the 8th grade in rural school Miss Boyles obtained a certificate for teaching in country schools – a practice possible in the early 1900’s. Therefore, she taught grades one through eight at several Shawnee Co. one-room schools and Silver Lake elementary before receiving her AB degree from KU. After serving a year in the former Quincy Jr. High in North Topeka, Miss Boyles joined the Topeka High mathematics faculty in 1921. Retiring in 1956, she immediately became involved in establishing the Topeka Science Fair for area students. For this activity Miss Boyles was recognized as the 1957 Topeka Woman of the Year. She died at age 86 in 1976.