Gertrude Lela Rohrer

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

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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]

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• FamilySearch ID: LRD2-RNL
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 Dec 2017, LOGAN

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• FamilySearch ID: L28M-TLP
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Nov 2017, TWINF

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MEREDITH A. DISNEY ~
was the daughter of Schuyler S. Boyington and Gertrude Rohrer. She was t h e twin sister to Alfred M. Boyington and her older sister was Wanda Ma e B oyington Yates. She was the wife of Raymond Arnold Disney, who was a n old er brother of Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney). Raymond's parent s were E lias Charles Disney and Flora Call Disney.

Her two sons are Charles Elias Disney (who is named for his paternal gra n dfather Elias Charles Disney) and Daniel Harwood Disney. Meredith's la t e daughter-in-law was married to Charles Elias and she was Mary Elizabe t h (O'Brien) Disney and Meredith had one grandson who was Charles Roy "C ha rlie" Disney. Both lost their lives in an automobile mishap many year s ea rlier.

Later, after Meredith had passed away in 1998 her son Charles Elias Disn e y adopted Cristian Petrea in 1999 when he was five years of age after h i s parents who were Lucian (Luke) and Maria Petrea, both died in a circ u s accident and he became Cristian Petrea Disney. Cristian passed awa y o n May 10, 2018 at the age of 24 after suffering cardiomegaly or enlar ge d heart.

Other close family included three brothers-in-law Herbert Arthur Disne y ( Louise), Roy Oliver Disney (Edna), Walter Elias Disney (Lillian) an d on e sister-in-law Ruth Flora Disney Beecher (Theodore).

Meredith Disney was a music teacher and she was an accomplished pianis t , violinist, composer and lyricist for many years. She was the co-found e r of LodeStar Pictures, an early private feature film financing enterpr is e. This enterprise originated in Kansas City and then to Los Angeles a n d moved to Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood and then to Walt Dis ne y Productions in Burbank and finally was in the historic First Nationa l B uilding on Highland Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard until the entity m erge d with another film company many years ago.

Meredith was quite active in the Roman Catholic Church and she served wi t h Roy Edward and Patricia Ann Disney, among many others, on the origin a l committee that was organized to assist and advise +Cardinal Roger M . Ma hony, the Archbishop of Los Angeles, to build the new Cathedral of O ur La dy of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. Sadly, she passed away be fore t he new Cathedral was dedicated in 2002. She was also quite activ e with Ca tholic Charities and Meredith and her very close lifetime frien d who wa s actress Rosalind Russell raised many funds for numerous Cathol ic and ot her philanthropies. When Meredith had converted to Roman Cathol icism, Ros alind Russell was her sponsor.

She actively supported the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and she wo r ked with Lillian Disney and Diane Disney Miller raising funds for the n e w Walt Disney Concert Hall also in downtown Los Angeles. She was als o a l ongtime close friend to Edna Francis Disney and Patricia "Patty" Di sney a nd many others. Meredith always was cheerful and so generous and s he wa s always willing to encourage others to "do their very best with ev erythi ng in their lives!"

Meredith was a strong supporter of the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled c h ildren (later named the Shriner's Hospital for children) in Los Angele s a s her husband Raymond Arnold Disney was an active Mason and Shriner f or m any years! Also, she supported St. Jude children's Research Hospita l tha t was originally founded by longtime close family friend Danny Thom as!

Much of Meredith Disney's biography can be found in the Disney2Disney.c o m website.

Alvah married Raymond Arnold Disney on 1 Dec 1935 in United States. Raymond (son of Elias Charles Disney and Flora Call) was born on 30 Dec 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; was christened in 1893 in St. Pauls United Church of Christ, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; died on 24 May 1989 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried on 27 May 1989 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alvah married Charles William Fisher on 7 Sep 1936 in Ray, Missouri, United States. Charles was born on 8 Jun 1901 in Hannibal, Marion, Missouri, United States; died on 7 Apr 1967 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States; was buried on 11 Apr 1967 in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LRD2-59C
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Mar 2024, MTIMP

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Obituary: Alfred Boyington, 91, retired WSU professor Lewiston Morning T r ibune (ID) | 6 March 1999

PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Alfred M. Boyington, a retired professor of mus i c and director of orchestra at Washington State University, died Thursd a y in a Palm Desert convalescence center. He was 91.

Boyington came to Pullman in 1933 as an instructor of violin and direct o r of orchestra at what was then Washington State College. He was promot e d to assistant professor in 1941. In 1942, he was granted a military le av e during World War II. He resumed his teaching at WSU in 1946 and wa s pro moted to associate professor the same year.
During the 1946-47 academic year, he was elevated to the rank of profess o r. He retired in 1973 as professor emeritus of music.

Throughout his professional career at WSU, he taught violin and direct e d orchestra.

He was born Oct. 17, 1907, to Gertrude Rohrer and Schuyler S. Boyingto n i n Osawatomie, Kan. His father was employed by the Missouri Pacific Ra ilro ad.

After graduating from Northeast High School in Kansas City, Mo., in 192 5 , Boyington spent two years studying at the Curtis Institute of Musi c i n Philadelphia. Then he was engaged in the private study of music i n Fran ce and Germany for two years. He earned a music degree at the Jull iard Sc hool in New York City in 1933. He Completed a master's of music d egree a t the University of Michigan in 1953.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Earle Boyington of Palm Desert; a n d two sons, Paul S. Boyington of Culver City, Calif., and David M. Boyi ng ton of Vancouver.

Copyright, 1999, Lewiston Morning Tribune

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Email from Charles Elias Disney, Kansas City, Missouri, United States