Olive Ethel Applegate

Olive Ethel Applegate

• Father: Thomas Applegate
• Mother: Mary Markle

• Olive Ethel Applegate was born in April 1885 in New York.
• She married Harry Joseph Boos on 20 November 1907 in Niagara Falls, Welland County, Ontario, Canada, by license, with Rev. John Crawford officiating.
• Olive Ethel Applegate became a widow at the circa 12 August 1937 death of her husband Harry Joseph Boos.
• The following appeared on 18 August 1937 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: Funeral services for Harry Joseph Boos, 58 years old, of 203 Fifth street . . . will be held at the family home at 2 p.m. tomorrow with the Rev. A. C. Van Raalte officiating. Burial will be in Riverdale cemetery.
       . . . Mr. Boos, who was an employe of the Union Carbide company, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Olive Ethel Boos; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Corson, Betty Jane Boos and Beverley Clarice Boos, and two sons, Harold Murray and Carl Gordon Boos, all of this city; a sister, Mrs. Carl Schoenbeck, of this city, and two brothers, Charles Boos, of this city, and Walter Boos, in Seattle.
• Olive Ethel Applegate died on 25 November 1954 at age 69 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at Roswell Park Memorial Hospital.
• She was interred at Riverdale Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York.
• The following appeared on 26 November 1954 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] In Roswell Park Memorial Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y., Thursday, Nov. 25, 1954, Olive Ethel Boos. Beloved mother of Miss Beverly Boos, Mrs. John Jacoby and Mrs. Charles Corson, city; sister of Milton Applegate, New York City, Norman Applegate, Latham, N. Y., Irving Applegate, Schenectady, N. Y., Russell Applegate, Hollywood, Fla., Mrs. Bernice Johnson, Batavia, N. Y., and Mrs. Marie Wolfe, Brooklyn, N. Y. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Funeral from Cobler's Funeral Home, 640 Park Place-- Monday, November 29, 1954 at 11:00 a.m., Rev. Arthur H. Schmoyer officiating. Interment in Riverdale Cemetery. Deceased was a member of the Niagara Frontier Chapter 658 Order of the Eastern Star and Riverdale Rebekah Lodge 195.

• Last Edited: 22 Nov 2014