John Thomas Boyd (1949)
BAER, BOYD, CARNABY, JOHANNES, MILLS, MOWREY, PALME, SCOTT, TABOR, TRITTEN, WEBER
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:13
The Columbus Telegram
Columbus, Nebraska
Friday, November 25, 1949
Page 1, Column 2J. T. Boyd, Long-Time Resident, Dies
Funeral services for John Thomas Boyd, retired Columbus businessman who died suddenly Wednesday evening, will be held tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist church.
Seventy-one-year-old Boyd died of a heart attack Wednesday evening at the Union Pacific station where he was waiting to take a train to Omaha to spend Thanksgiving with close relatives. Boyd had survived a number of previous attacks.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Boyd, he was born Sept. 12, 1872 at Van Meter, Ia. He came to Columbus about 1885, and went to work for his father at the age of 14. He became a partner in his father’s sheet metal and furnace business 13 years later, and the firm became known as R. C. Boyd and Son. After 1928, Boyd took over sole ownership until about two years ago when his brother-in-law, Frank Mills, purchased half interest in the firm. Boyd retired last year after 61 years in business.
He was married to Cora Bell Scott on June 3, 1896, in Columbus and they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1946. Mrs. Boyd and one daughter, Mrs. Earl Tabor preceded Mr. Boyd in death. Their other three daughters, Mrs. C. W. Carnaby and Mrs. E. W. Tritten now live in Omaha and Mrs. William Baer resides in Missouri Valley, Ia.
Other survivors include five half-sister, Mrs. Alfred Palme of Oklahoma City, Okla., Mrs. Motto Mowrey of El Monte, Calif., Mrs. Otto Johannes and Mrs. Frank Mills, both of Columbus and Mrs. Fred Weber and Sterling, Colo., two half-brothers, Ralph Boyd of Norfolk and Harold Boyd of Vancouver, Wash. There are nine grandchildren.
Boyd was an active member of the Methodist church here in Columbus, serving on the board for many years. He was Past Worthy Parton of the Order of Eastern Star, a member of the Masonic lodge and also a member of the War Dads.
The body will lie in state after noon today at the Gass Funeral home, until 1:30 tomorrow before the funeral. The Rev. John Brooks will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial cemetery.
________________________Transcriber's note: The family was in the Madison County censuses of 1873 & 1880.
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