OBIT: Bessie May (HITE) BOYLES, 1943, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ MRS. BESSIE MAY BOYLES Widow of David Andrew Boyles, died at 9.06 o'clock this morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Mary Wysong, 440 East Pleasant Valley boulevard, following a brief illness. She was born at Poplar Run June 19, 1874, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Wilt) Hite. Surviving are the following children: Charles Boyles, overseas; Andrew Boyles of Altoona, James Boyles of Poplar Run, Nelson Boyles, Mrs. Catherine Spalding, Mrs. Alice Grum and Mrs. Martha Lysinger, all of Altoona. Also surviving are eighteen grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Joseph Hite of Altoona, Lloyd A. of Greenwood, Louis S. of Bellwood, Harvey B. of Altoona, Mrs. Elsie Grove of Hollidaysburg, Mrs. Mary Wysong at whose home she died and Miss Sarah Hite of Altoona. Friends will be received at the Wysong home after noon on Thursday. BOYLES - Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie May Boyles of 440 East Pleasant Valley boulevard, will be held from the Greenwood United Brethren church in charge of her pastor, the Rev. George Biggs, Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Interment in Hutcheson's cemetery. Friends are being received at the home, 440 East Pleasant Valley boulevard. Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., January 14, 1943 Blair County Genealogical Society, Archie Claar Collection of Obituaries, vol. 32, p. 79 (1943)