hmtl5 Bessie Belle Boyce b. 18 Dec 1894 Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois d. 4 Sep 1956 Alice, Jim Wells County, Texas: Hedges Genealogy
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Bessie Belle Boyce

Female 1894 - 1956  (61 years)

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  • Name Bessie Belle Boyce 
    Birth 18 Dec 1894  Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 4 Sep 1956  Alice, Jim Wells County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Burial Grand View Cemetery, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I4608  Hedges
    Last Modified 10 May 2023 

    Father John W. Boyce,   b. 4 Sep 1866, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1930, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Ida May Clifton,   b. 24 Sep 1872, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1946, Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 1888  Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Herschel Edward Bohlander,   b. 30 Jun 1893, Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1977, Polk County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 30 Sep 1914  Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F2028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 May 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Dec 1894 - Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Sep 1914 - Cook County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Sep 1956 - Alice, Jim Wells County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Grand View Cemetery, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Bessie Bohlander Dies Of Heart Attack While On Vacation Trip.
      Mrs. Bessie Bohlander, 61, of 1003 Riverside Drive, died Tuesday of a heart attack at Alice, Texas. She and her husband had left here Saturday morning on a vacation trip, had visited in San Antonio, and were en route to Mexico City, when she was stricken.
      The body has been returned to the Eikenberry funeral home at Delphi where friends may call after noon today. Final rites will be held there Saturday at two o’clock. The Reverend Eldridge of Yeoman will officiate and burial will be in Grand View cemetery, Lafayette.
      The Bohlanders have lived here five years, coming the Indianapolis. She was a member of the Ft. Wayne O.E.S.
      Born December 18, 1894, in Loda, Ill., she was the daughter of John and Ida Mae Clifton Boyce. Her marriage on Sept. 30, 1914 was to Herschel Bohlander.
      Survivors are the husband; one son, Edward, of this city; four grandchildren; two sisters and a brother: Mrs. Ben Widner, Delphi; Mrs. Edith Gregory, California; Cecil, Lafayette.
      The Logansport Press, Logansport, Indiana. Friday, 7 September 1955.
      [3, 5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Death certificate.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S9] Obituary.

    4. [S5] 1900 US census.

    5. [S87] Newspaper article.


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