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Obituary- Boyles, Frank

Frank M. Boyles
Frank Morgan Boyles died Sunday morning at his farm home northeast of Rossville, after being in ill health for the past two years. His death was caused by brights disease.
Mr. Boyles had been a resident of Rossville township and Shawnee county since the year 1879 and was widely known. Since coming to Kansas he had always engaged in farming. In the early days he owned a farm across the road from his father’s place, later moving to Rossville and living for several years in the house now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hopkins. Before buying the present farm in 1907, Mr. Boyles and his family lived for seven years on the ‘cheese factory’ farm.
Mr. Boyles was a native of Athens county, Ohio, where he was born March 11, 1851. He would have been 68 years old the 11th day of next month. He was a member of the K.L. of S. lodge of this city.
The funeral service was held at the home yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. J.R. Shaffer, of the Methodist church and interment made in the Rossville cemetery.
He is survived by his widow, four sons, Fred, of Garnett, Kan., Peter, of Lonoke, Ark., Dolf of Silver Lake township and Ray at home; three daughters, Mrs. Chas. Drennan, of Chicago, Mrs. Ethel Jackson, of Glade, Kans., and Mabel, at home; one brother Sam, of Wakarusa, Kan.

[Note he died 2/9/1918. The newspaper is from February 1918 not 1919 as shown in handwriting.]

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