Parents: Amos Boyer and Anna Copeland
Wife: Sarah Neeley
Children: Gertrude, Charlotte, Birdell, Fred, Lester, Harry, Hazel
John was killed in the Wolverine Cement Plant in Coldwater.
Quincy (MI) HERALD, Sept. 15, 1921
JOHN BOYER IS KILLED AT CEMENT PLANT
WAS OILING CONVEYER AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BIG GEARS
HAD WORKED FOR WOLVERINE COMPANY FOR THE PAST TWENTY-TWO YEARS
A horrible accident occurred at department I of the local plant of the Wolverine Portland Cement Company, Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, when John Boyer, age 62, a resident of Quincy, met an almost instant death while oiling around the big gears of a coal conveyer.
Disregarding orders not to work about the conveyer, Boyer, who has worked in the local and Quincy plant for the past 22 years, seemed to have taken a chance that cost him his life.
In order to reach the gears it is necessary to use a ladder, but no one saw Boyer when he went up the ladder to do the oiling. The first that was known of the accident was when the machinery stopped operating and Edward Deusor, foreman of the department ascended the ladder to investigate the cause. There he found Boyer in a standing position between the gears, they had crushed him horribly about the right shoulder and chest.
Coronor Charles Keep was called and decided that an inquest was unnecessary. The remains were then removed to Quincy.
Mr. Boyer leaves to mourn his loss a wife, two sisters and five children. Mrs. A. Bloom, a sister resides in this city.
The funeral will occur at the home in Quincy on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Welden will officiate and burial will be given in Lakeview Cemetary.
OBITUARY
John Anthony Boyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Boyer, was born in Township of Salem, county of Clarion, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1860; and departed this life in Coldwater Branch County, Michigan, September 11, 1921, at the age of 61 years, 6 months, 15 days.
His early life was spent in Pennsylvania, where he met Miss Sarah Neely and on June 3rd, 1882 they were united in marriage. In 1884 the family came to Michigan, making their home near Quincy. A little later they returned to the old home in the East, but in 1880 they made their permanent home in this Village.
He leaves to mourn his death, widow, the wife of his young manhood, seven children, Mrs. Clyde Corless of Quincy, Mrs. Alfred Bloom of Coldwater, Birdsell Boyer of Quincy, Fred and Lester of Bellevue, Harry of Bradford, Pa., and Mrs. Edward GIvan of Jackson, 17 grand children and a large circle of other relatives and friends.
Mr. Boyer was a man devoted to his home and family where he will be sadly missed. He was esteemed by the community as a kind and generous hearted neighbor and friend. A hard working man, he was one of that great host of laborers - Men and Women, who by industrious use of Brawn and Brain make substantial contributions to the social and economic life of the world.
For more than 20 years he was in the employ of the Cement Company at whose plant in Coldwater he so unexpectedly met "death, last enemy". I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead - He is just away. With a cheery smile and a wave of his hand, He has wandered into an unknown land; And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you, O you, who the widest yearn, For the old-time step and the glad return - Think of him faring on, as dear, In the love of there as the love or Here.
Wife: Sarah Neeley
Children: Gertrude, Charlotte, Birdell, Fred, Lester, Harry, Hazel
John was killed in the Wolverine Cement Plant in Coldwater.
Quincy (MI) HERALD, Sept. 15, 1921
JOHN BOYER IS KILLED AT CEMENT PLANT
WAS OILING CONVEYER AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BIG GEARS
HAD WORKED FOR WOLVERINE COMPANY FOR THE PAST TWENTY-TWO YEARS
A horrible accident occurred at department I of the local plant of the Wolverine Portland Cement Company, Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, when John Boyer, age 62, a resident of Quincy, met an almost instant death while oiling around the big gears of a coal conveyer.
Disregarding orders not to work about the conveyer, Boyer, who has worked in the local and Quincy plant for the past 22 years, seemed to have taken a chance that cost him his life.
In order to reach the gears it is necessary to use a ladder, but no one saw Boyer when he went up the ladder to do the oiling. The first that was known of the accident was when the machinery stopped operating and Edward Deusor, foreman of the department ascended the ladder to investigate the cause. There he found Boyer in a standing position between the gears, they had crushed him horribly about the right shoulder and chest.
Coronor Charles Keep was called and decided that an inquest was unnecessary. The remains were then removed to Quincy.
Mr. Boyer leaves to mourn his loss a wife, two sisters and five children. Mrs. A. Bloom, a sister resides in this city.
The funeral will occur at the home in Quincy on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Welden will officiate and burial will be given in Lakeview Cemetary.
OBITUARY
John Anthony Boyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Boyer, was born in Township of Salem, county of Clarion, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1860; and departed this life in Coldwater Branch County, Michigan, September 11, 1921, at the age of 61 years, 6 months, 15 days.
His early life was spent in Pennsylvania, where he met Miss Sarah Neely and on June 3rd, 1882 they were united in marriage. In 1884 the family came to Michigan, making their home near Quincy. A little later they returned to the old home in the East, but in 1880 they made their permanent home in this Village.
He leaves to mourn his death, widow, the wife of his young manhood, seven children, Mrs. Clyde Corless of Quincy, Mrs. Alfred Bloom of Coldwater, Birdsell Boyer of Quincy, Fred and Lester of Bellevue, Harry of Bradford, Pa., and Mrs. Edward GIvan of Jackson, 17 grand children and a large circle of other relatives and friends.
Mr. Boyer was a man devoted to his home and family where he will be sadly missed. He was esteemed by the community as a kind and generous hearted neighbor and friend. A hard working man, he was one of that great host of laborers - Men and Women, who by industrious use of Brawn and Brain make substantial contributions to the social and economic life of the world.
For more than 20 years he was in the employ of the Cement Company at whose plant in Coldwater he so unexpectedly met "death, last enemy". I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead - He is just away. With a cheery smile and a wave of his hand, He has wandered into an unknown land; And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you, O you, who the widest yearn, For the old-time step and the glad return - Think of him faring on, as dear, In the love of there as the love or Here.
Parents: Amos Boyer and Anna Copeland
Wife: Sarah Neeley
Children: Gertrude, Charlotte, Birdell, Fred, Lester, Harry, Hazel
John was killed in the Wolverine Cement Plant in Coldwater.
Quincy (MI) HERALD, Sept. 15, 1921
JOHN BOYER IS KILLED AT CEMENT PLANT
WAS OILING CONVEYER AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BIG GEARS
HAD WORKED FOR WOLVERINE COMPANY FOR THE PAST TWENTY-TWO YEARS
A horrible accident occurred at department I of the local plant of the Wolverine Portland Cement Company, Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, when John Boyer, age 62, a resident of Quincy, met an almost instant death while oiling around the big gears of a coal conveyer.
Disregarding orders not to work about the conveyer, Boyer, who has worked in the local and Quincy plant for the past 22 years, seemed to have taken a chance that cost him his life.
In order to reach the gears it is necessary to use a ladder, but no one saw Boyer when he went up the ladder to do the oiling. The first that was known of the accident was when the machinery stopped operating and Edward Deusor, foreman of the department ascended the ladder to investigate the cause. There he found Boyer in a standing position between the gears, they had crushed him horribly about the right shoulder and chest.
Coronor Charles Keep was called and decided that an inquest was unnecessary. The remains were then removed to Quincy.
Mr. Boyer leaves to mourn his loss a wife, two sisters and five children. Mrs. A. Bloom, a sister resides in this city.
The funeral will occur at the home in Quincy on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Welden will officiate and burial will be given in Lakeview Cemetary.
OBITUARY
John Anthony Boyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Boyer, was born in Township of Salem, county of Clarion, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1860; and departed this life in Coldwater Branch County, Michigan, September 11, 1921, at the age of 61 years, 6 months, 15 days.
His early life was spent in Pennsylvania, where he met Miss Sarah Neely and on June 3rd, 1882 they were united in marriage. In 1884 the family came to Michigan, making their home near Quincy. A little later they returned to the old home in the East, but in 1880 they made their permanent home in this Village.
He leaves to mourn his death, widow, the wife of his young manhood, seven children, Mrs. Clyde Corless of Quincy, Mrs. Alfred Bloom of Coldwater, Birdsell Boyer of Quincy, Fred and Lester of Bellevue, Harry of Bradford, Pa., and Mrs. Edward GIvan of Jackson, 17 grand children and a large circle of other relatives and friends.
Mr. Boyer was a man devoted to his home and family where he will be sadly missed. He was esteemed by the community as a kind and generous hearted neighbor and friend. A hard working man, he was one of that great host of laborers - Men and Women, who by industrious use of Brawn and Brain make substantial contributions to the social and economic life of the world.
For more than 20 years he was in the employ of the Cement Company at whose plant in Coldwater he so unexpectedly met "death, last enemy". I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead - He is just away. With a cheery smile and a wave of his hand, He has wandered into an unknown land; And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you, O you, who the widest yearn, For the old-time step and the glad return - Think of him faring on, as dear, In the love of there as the love or Here.
Wife: Sarah Neeley
Children: Gertrude, Charlotte, Birdell, Fred, Lester, Harry, Hazel
John was killed in the Wolverine Cement Plant in Coldwater.
Quincy (MI) HERALD, Sept. 15, 1921
JOHN BOYER IS KILLED AT CEMENT PLANT
WAS OILING CONVEYER AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BIG GEARS
HAD WORKED FOR WOLVERINE COMPANY FOR THE PAST TWENTY-TWO YEARS
A horrible accident occurred at department I of the local plant of the Wolverine Portland Cement Company, Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, when John Boyer, age 62, a resident of Quincy, met an almost instant death while oiling around the big gears of a coal conveyer.
Disregarding orders not to work about the conveyer, Boyer, who has worked in the local and Quincy plant for the past 22 years, seemed to have taken a chance that cost him his life.
In order to reach the gears it is necessary to use a ladder, but no one saw Boyer when he went up the ladder to do the oiling. The first that was known of the accident was when the machinery stopped operating and Edward Deusor, foreman of the department ascended the ladder to investigate the cause. There he found Boyer in a standing position between the gears, they had crushed him horribly about the right shoulder and chest.
Coronor Charles Keep was called and decided that an inquest was unnecessary. The remains were then removed to Quincy.
Mr. Boyer leaves to mourn his loss a wife, two sisters and five children. Mrs. A. Bloom, a sister resides in this city.
The funeral will occur at the home in Quincy on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Welden will officiate and burial will be given in Lakeview Cemetary.
OBITUARY
John Anthony Boyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Boyer, was born in Township of Salem, county of Clarion, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1860; and departed this life in Coldwater Branch County, Michigan, September 11, 1921, at the age of 61 years, 6 months, 15 days.
His early life was spent in Pennsylvania, where he met Miss Sarah Neely and on June 3rd, 1882 they were united in marriage. In 1884 the family came to Michigan, making their home near Quincy. A little later they returned to the old home in the East, but in 1880 they made their permanent home in this Village.
He leaves to mourn his death, widow, the wife of his young manhood, seven children, Mrs. Clyde Corless of Quincy, Mrs. Alfred Bloom of Coldwater, Birdsell Boyer of Quincy, Fred and Lester of Bellevue, Harry of Bradford, Pa., and Mrs. Edward GIvan of Jackson, 17 grand children and a large circle of other relatives and friends.
Mr. Boyer was a man devoted to his home and family where he will be sadly missed. He was esteemed by the community as a kind and generous hearted neighbor and friend. A hard working man, he was one of that great host of laborers - Men and Women, who by industrious use of Brawn and Brain make substantial contributions to the social and economic life of the world.
For more than 20 years he was in the employ of the Cement Company at whose plant in Coldwater he so unexpectedly met "death, last enemy". I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead - He is just away. With a cheery smile and a wave of his hand, He has wandered into an unknown land; And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you, O you, who the widest yearn, For the old-time step and the glad return - Think of him faring on, as dear, In the love of there as the love or Here.
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