Frances Sevilla (Bates) Boyd (1852-1914)

BATES, BOYD, CLAYTON LOVE, BATTLES, UNDERWOOD, CHRISTENSEN, CLAYBERG

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:13

From Nevada Representative October 23, 1914 (page 1)

Funeral of Mrs. Boyd

The funeral of the late Mrs. Boyd was conducted Wednesday afternoon from the Methodist church, Rev. McDade officiating.

Frances Bates Boyd was born Nov. 4, 1852 in Ohio and died at Nevada, Iowa Oct. 19, 1914 aged 61 years, 11 months and 15 days. She was the youngest of twelve children of Humphrey and Elizabeth Bates and survived them all. She came to Jasper county, Iowa with her parents when a girl and lived there until her marriage to G. W. Boyd in 1874. She and her husband came to Nevada which had since been the home. there were four children, Orville Lee Boyd, Spokane, Wash.; Edgar Rosell Boyd, Nevada; Bessie Maud Boyd, deceased; and Earl Bates Boyd, Nevada. Mr. Boyd died Jan. 1, 1903.

Other relatives and friend that attended the funeral were Mrs. D. W. Clayton, a sister-in-law, and daughter Pearl of Kelley; Mrs. H E. Love, a sister-in-law, Newton; Miss S. E. Battles, Mitchellville; Miss Charily Boyd, Colfax, who was visiting with Mrs. Boyd at the time of her sudden death; Mrs. A. R. Underwood, a niece, Des Moines; Wm. Bates, a nephew, and his wife, Iowa Falls; Mrs. C. Christensen and Miss Hilda Clayberg, Story City.

Mrs. Boyd was an earnest, devoted christian woman. She united with the Methodist church when a girl in Jasper county. She was a highly respected by her neighbors and friends all of whom deeply mourn her death.

Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our kind neighbors and friends for the helping hand in the hour of need and the beautiful flowers given during the sickness and death of our mother.

Earl and Edgar Boyd.