The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-02-15
w. H. BOYD DIES
VERY SUDDENLY
Could Not Be Rallied From
Sinking Spell He Had
Friday Morning.
His Whole Souled Manner
Won Him Large Circle
of Friends.


Will. Bovd in Oakes to learn of his
death last Friday forenoon at Mobridge,
S. D. The cheering news had just come
from the bedside that Will. was recov-
ering from the operation for appended
tis. DR.. Ryder had just returned from
there the day before and said the
wound was healing nicely and the tenn
perature and general condition of the
patient was all that could be expected.
He had died that morning between
eight and nine o'clock, after brief
sinking spell. The end came SO sudden
ly that the doctors in charge wanted to
learn the real cause of the sudden
change, and in the post mortem examl-
nation the only thing they found wrong
was clot of blood in the heart. Every
thing in the region. of the appendix was
in favorable condition for speedy
recovery.
Mr.. Harris left that afternoon for
Mobridge to help make arrangements
for the funeral and DR.. and Mrs. Ryder
left on Saturday to attend the funeral,
which was held at Bowdle, the old home
of deceased. on Sunday afternoon at
two O'Clock. A special train was run
from Mobridge to Bowdle, and was ac-
companied by many members of the
Masonic and Elk fraternities. of which
Mr.. Boyd was member. Before the
train reached Bowdle one hundred fifty
people had boar ded it, many of them
getting on at the towns enroute. The
masonic service was used in the burial
rites.
g It is hard to believe, that the rugged,
good-natured Bill Boyd is no more.
"Bill, as he was lovingly known in
Cakes, had q large .cffc'e Of friends.
He was Of a jovial.. companionable ma.
ture. Going into the Harris Drug
Store, when ':.Bill' was behind the
counter. there met you cheerful word
and a cheerful look that showed behind
it the whole soul. He is more mourned
in Oakes, we should judge, than in Mo-
bridge his new home-for the reason
THAT he was better known in Oakes.
William H. Boyd was born in Mon
tello, Wis, Nov. 6, 1877. His parents
had come there from the north of
ireland, from, the same place where
the writer Of this article was born.
The family came to South Dakota and
settled at. Bowdle, when WILL was
about ten years of age. Will. grew to
manhood there, completing his educa-
tion in the agricultural college at
Brookings. He came to Oakes in 1851,
and worked for the lumber company
that is now known as the North Star
Lumber Company. From there he went
to buying grain here for the Hawkeye
Elevator Company. Jan. l. 1903, he
was married to Miss Allie E. Harris,
youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. L. Harris. He then entered the
drug store to learn the business OF
pharmacy, and after studying in the
store for several years took course in
Minneapolis and came home full.
fledged pharmacist. He was in the
Harris Drug Store until last Decoration
Day, when he left for Mobridge, where
he entered business for himself as 9
proprietary druggist. His business
there from the beginning was sue.
cess, and he had bright prospects fo,
the future. The people liked him there
as he had teen liked here, and gooc
words had come from there about hin
many times.
Deceased is survived by his wife anc
one daughter. Margaret. The family
has the sincere sympathy of many
friends in their bereavement.