BOYER, Nina C. (Holmes) (Regan) 1876-1958

HOLMES, REGAN, BOYER, BENNETT, HAND, MELANDER, BURGESS, TREANOR

Posted By: Matthew Whalen (email)
Date: 11/18/2012 at 17:13:34

Nina C. Holmes Regan Boyer (1876-1958)

Nina Boyer, 82, dies Saturday at Rapid City, South Dakota

Mrs. Nina Boyer, 82, a resident of Rapid City for the past 32 years, died at her home late Saturday afternoon

A Solemn Requiem High Mass is to be celebrated at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Rosary services were held at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Hobart Funeral Chapel.

Nina Holmes was born Nov. 23, 1876 in Lansing, Iowa. She was married in 1895 to James Regan who preceded her in death in 1909. In 1913 she made her home in Faith and was married there in 1916 to Elmer Boyer, who died in 1926. She moved to Rapid City in 1926 to make her home with her daughters.

Survivors include 4 daughters, Mrs. Mae Bennett, Alpine, Calif.; Mrs. Alice Hand and Mrs. Nina Melander, both of Rapid City, and Sister Marie Theres, OSB, Sturgis; a son Dan Regan, Sturgis; 10 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She was preceded in death by a son.

Pallbearers were all nephews and grandsons: Don Bennett, San diego, Calif.; De Vello Holmes, Devello Homes, Jr., and Bob Regan, all of Sturgis; Cornelius Holmes, St. Paul, Minn., and Glenn Burgess, Rapid City.

Burial was in the St. Aloysius Cemetery, Sturgis, under the direction of Hobart Funeral Home.

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Note: Nina’s name shows up as Cornelia as well as Celestial, the latter in her first husband James Regan’s obituary. Records indicate that Nina Holmes and her first husband James Regan were married October 13, 1896 (I am not sure if the 13th is the date of the license or the actual marriage). Nina was the daughter of Oliver W. Holmes and Catherine Treanor. Also her daughter was Sister Marie Therese or Theresa (the last letter was omitted in the obituary). Devello Homes, Jr., should have had the surname spelled Holmes.