Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-07-22
Prominent Pine
City Man Leaves
After Full Life
J. d. Boyle, 65 Year Old
Pine City Banker, Passes
After Major Operations.

Death claimed a prominent bust
ness man of Pine City last Friday
when J. D. Boyle was called after
an illness of six weeks. He died at
ST Andrews hospital in Minneapolis,
following an emergency operation
which had been preceded by ma
jor operation. Death came as a shock
to his many friends who had hoped
that he would recover from what
proved to be a fatal illness.
James Derwin Boyle, was born
May IA, 1872, at Blenheim, Ontario,
Canada, being the second son of Rob-
ert and Mary Ann Boyle. His par
ents moved to the United States in
October, 1885, and settled at Brad
ley, S. D., where he grew to young
manhood and received his education.
At the age of IS years he came to
Pine City to work in the State Bank
of Pine County, this being in August
1897. He stayed in the banking bust
ness in Pine City for nearly 40 years,
becoming a director and cashier.
In the years of his career as a
banker in Pine City, he became
prominent in community affairs, rear
ing his family at Pine City, and hold
ing many positions of responsibility
in civic and public affairs. He was
known to his friends as a tireless
worker interested both in the bank
ing business and in his community's
progress.
Wife Passes on Before.
On June Is, 1901, he was united
in marriage to Alberta Rhodes at st.
Paul and to their union three chill
dren were born. They are Lorille
J. Boyle of Des MoineS, and Mary
belle and Carrie Boyle of Pine City.
Lorille is connected with the national
banking examiners department and
the two daughters are high school
teachers Miss Carrie Boyle teaches
at Owatonna and Miss Marybelle at
Two Harbors. Mrs. Boyle preceded
her husband in death, passing away
December 10, 1884.
MIR. Boyle served as school board
member in Pine City for 20 years.
He took great interest in education
and worked always for better schools
and better opportunities for young
people He also served his village
as treasurer for Is years and as
member of the village council worked
for the advancement of the villages
welfare
Mr.. Boyle was active in lodge work,
being a member of the Knights of
81 of Ion fro
ternity. He joined the Masons jan
uary Is, 1910, at Rush City and was
a member of that lodge until the for
nation of the Pine City lodge in
January 1921. He then became a
charter member of the county seat
lodge and served in various stations,
being Master of the lodge for term
and treasurer at the time of his
decease. He joined the Rush City
Chapter in 1918, attaining various
degrees.
His church membership was the
Christian church which he joined in
Watertown, S. D., but during his long
residence in Pine City, he affiliated
with the Methodist church and was
a regular attendant He served on
the building committee of this church
when the new building was erected
in 1927.
Funeral on Monday.
Funeral services were held from
the M. E. church in Pine City on Mon
day, July 10, at o'clock in the after
noon, with Rev. John L. Parish and
Rev. L. D. McGladry officiating
The active pallbearers were Robert
Wilcox, R. P. Allan, Fritz Johnson,
Roy Carlson, A. E. Eddy and r. w.
Barstow. Honorary pallbearers were
j. c. Carlson, M. B. Baron, George
Daley Ben c. Boo, George Dorr, j.
D. Markham, James Sullivan, M. B.
Hurley.
Besides his son, Lorille, and two
daughters, Carrie and Marybelle, the
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