OBIT/Other Data: Rufus R. BOYER, 1972, Barners Cemetery, Perry County, PA 
 
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  RUFUS BOYER

    MILLERSTOWN - Rufus R. Boyer, 75, of Millerstown RD1, died Thursday at 7:10 
  p.m. in Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, where he was a patient since June 26.
    A native of Oriental, Perry County, he received his education in the Juniata 
  County schools.  His family moved to that county while he was a young boy.
    Following his schooling, Mr. Boyer moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he became 
  employed as a machine operator in a foundry.
    On July 17, 1919, he was united in marriage with the former Katie Barner, then 
  of Liverpool.
    The couple lived in Perry and Juniata Counties, operating a farm at New 
  Bloomfield.  Mr. Boyer was also employed as a machinist by the Penn Central 
  Railroad.  He retired in 1962.
    A veteran of world War I, he received his honorable discharge in 1918.
    Born May 27, 1897, in Oriental, he was the son of the late Frank and Emma 
  Chubb Boyer.
    Mr. Boyer was a member of the New Bloomfield V.F.W. Post No. 7463, the Newport 
  American Legion Post No. 17*, the Newport Loyal Order of Moose No. 1562 and the 
  Newport Social Order of Owls.
    Surviving him, in addition to his widow, are four daughters:  Mrs. George 
  McGowan of Millerstown RD1, Mrs. Uri* Nailor of Newport RD2, Mrs. Harley Hulbert 
  of Newport RD and Mrs. Ralph Kimmel of Elliottsburg; one son, Bruce Boyer of 
  Millerstown RD1; 2 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and one sister, 
  Mrs. Glenn Vergon of Buchanan, Mich.  He was preceded in death by two brothers.
    Funeral services will be conducted on Monday at 2 p.m. from the George P. 
  Garman Funeral Home, Liverpool, with the Rev. Donald L. Matthews, pastor of the 
  New Bloomfield United Methodist Yoked Parish, officiating.  Burial will follow 
  in Barner's Church Cemetery, Liverpool RD1.
    Relatives and friends will be received by the family in the funeral home 
  Sunday evening.
  
  The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA, Friday, July 21, 1972, pg. 19