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Obituary- Boyles, Mary J.

Mary Jane Boyles

Mrs. Mary Jane Boyles, aged 77, died at her home in Rossville early Sunday morning following a long illness. She had been a resident of the town and community for 50 years.

Mrs. Boyles was born May 30, 1852, in Guysville, Ohio. She was married to Charles Boyles in 1872. One son was born to this union. The husband and son and a grandson passed on a number of years ago.

Mrs. Boyles came to Kansas in 1879 and the family resided on a farm a mile and a half northwest of Rossville for many years. The closing years of her life she spent in Rossville in the family home at the corner of Perry and Pearl streets.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Presbyterian church, conducted by the Rev. H.L. Nelson of Topeka. The pallbearers were Harvey James, J.W. Reid, A.B. Jamieson, J.F. Zook, I.T. Hopkins and Gus Kassebaum.

Interment was in the Rossville cemetery.

[From The Rossville Reporter, May 1, 1930]