Gertrude Lela Rohrer

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LC7L-1BF
• Initiatory (LDS): 3 Dec 2016, LVEGA

Notes:

Gertrude L. Rohrer Boyington, daughter of Ezekiel and Orilla Waldon Rohr e r, was born in Paola, Miami County, Kansas on Jan. 15, 1878. She marri e d Schuyler Stephen Boyington on Nov. 10, 1900. Three children were bor n t o this union, Wanda Mae (1902), and twins Alfred Merrill & Meredith A lva h (1907).

Gertrude was quite active in her church activities and she loved to tea c h Sunday School and to show children how to garden and cook.

She insisted her children would all learn to appreciate music and so ea c h one of her children learned to read music and to sing and to play on e o r more musical instruments and to do so quite proficently! Each of he r ch ildren went on to learn and perform music by ear!

She passed away in Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City, Jackson Cou n ty, Missouri on March 15, 1941.

Gertrude married Schuyler Stephen Boyington on 10 Nov 1900. Schuyler was born on 2 Nov 1869 in Brookville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 12 May 1952 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Wanda Mae Boyington was born on 11 Jul 1902 in Cherokee, Kansas, United States; died on 17 Jan 1985 in Jackson, Missouri, United States; was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Stark, Neosho, Kansas, United States.
2. Alvah Meredith Boyington was born on 17 Oct 1907 in Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, United States; was christened on 30 Oct 1907 in Independence Boulevard Christian Church, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; died on 2 Feb 1998 in Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States; was buried on 14 Feb 1998 in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States.
3. Alfred Merrill Boyington was born on 17 Oct 1907 in Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, United States; died on 4 Mar 1999 in Palm Desert, Riverside, California, United States.