Theresa Eleanor ARQUETTE

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she was a widow living with her parents and two children in Portland, Oregon. She was employed as a saleslady in a department store. She had had two children, both still living.

On her marriage record to Stien, she claims both of her parents were born in Canada.

Theresa married James J BOYLE on 31 Jan 1900 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. James (son of Thomas BOYLE and Mary Agnes MCCABE) was born in Aug 1874 in Buchanan County, Iowa; died on 10 Feb 1910 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; was buried on 13 Feb 1910 in River View Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theresa married James Edward STIEN about 1913 in Oregon. James was born on 16 Jan 1889 in Missouri; died on 26 Jan 1946; was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He went by Donald, his middle name.

His widow was Evelyn according to the Oregon death index.

In the 1920 census, he was a yard clerk for a railroad.

In the 1930 census, he was no longer living with his mother and step-father. In that census, he is living with his dead wife’s brother, Edward Haines, in a rented house on South Riverside in Klamath Falls. He is a widower and works as a salesman for a railroad. No children are living with him. Collette and Colleen are shown as “boarders” in the household of Gertrude and Phil Schroeder in Klamath Falls.

The city directories indicate that he lived in Klamath Falls when he was married to Myrtle. He was a traveling agent for the Great Northern Railroad. (A 1932 article in The Oregonian agrees with this.) He was with Evelyn in the 1949 directory, he was still with Myrtle in the 1938 directory.

A somewhat odd article about him appeared in The Klamath News, 27 Aug 1938, under the heading of Klamath Railroaders, Salesman:

“The gentleman above is L. D. Boyle, traveling freight agent for the Great Northern. Boyle’s favorite food is lamb. He eats a lamb chop for the first course, another for the main part of the dinner, and for dessert he eats still another chop. He doesn’t care for those sweet desserts and always takes an extra piece of meat instead.

“Leo Donald Boyle was born at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 12, 1901. At least that’s what jis parents say. He just can’t seem to remember much about it himself. When Don was 6 years old his family moved to Portland, Oregon, and the boy attended school there.

“In his fifteenth year while he was still going to high school Don decided that he was tired of asking his father for a dime all the time. He was going to make his own money. So he got a job with the SPS railway in the operating department, going to school from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and working from 4 p.m. to 12 a.m.

“After his graduation Boyle still worked for the SPS, keeping this job until 1925. Then he was employed by the Great Northern railway in the traffice department in Portland. In September, 1927, Don was transferred to Klamath Falls. That was before the line had yet operated here.

“But Boyle opened offices in the Slater building here with C. N. Christopherson and prepared for the building of the Great Northern railway into Klamath Falls.

“In 1935, Boyle, who then had two children and whose wife had died in 1929, decided that he wasn’t a very good mother to his two sons so on January 2 of that year he marrried Miss Myrtle Bye, a school teacher here.

“The next year Don was promoted to traveling freight agent, which position he has held since. The duties of a traveling freight agent are practically the same as that of a traveling salesman. Boyle solicits for livestock and general shipments from central Oregon. His territory is quite a large one, from Bieber, California, to The Dalles in Oregon and Don is traveling almost all the time.

“The Boyles have three children, Robert 15, Floyd, 13, and Patsy Mae, 5. The family lives on Pacific Terrace.

“Don likes railroading, hunting, and fishing. He says he isn’t home often enough to have any favorite pastime around the house but according to his wife he is a wonderful “fixer.” He does all the kalsomining, painting, and furniture repair around the house.

“Boyle has a reddish complexion (his hair used to be red but it turned brown with hard work, he claims), is bery energetic and has a million-dollar disposition. He his always happy and carefree and never gets really angry.”

In the 1940 census, Leo, Myrtle, Robert, Floyd, and Patsy lived at 10305 Skidmore in Parkrose in Oregon. Leo had four years of high school, Myrtle had four years of college. Five years earlier, everyone in the family had lived in Klamath Falls. Leo was a business manager for a (something) Line.

He registered for the draft on 15 Feb 1942 in Portland. He was described as 5 ft 9 in tall and weighing 150 lbs. He had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion. The little finger on his left hand had a bent end. He and Myrtle lived at 39th and Alberta Court in Portland. He was employed by the S.P. and S. Railroad at its car office at 11th and Hoyt in Portland.

In the record of his marriage to Evelyn in 1943, he listed it as his third marriage. His father was born in Ireland and had been employed as a butcher. His mother was born in Canada.

In the 1950 census, he and Evelyn and their blended family (Robert Bye, Mary Lou Bye, and Michael Boyle) live in Klamath Falls. He is a tallyman for a wholesale lumber manufacturing facility. His address is 4780 Peck Drive.

In the 1955 Klamath Falls city directory, he and Evelyn and Evelyn’s children from her previous marriage lived at 4680 Peck Drive. Leo, and his step-son Robert, worked for Klamath Basin Pine Mills.

Died:
died of cancer according to Michael

Leo married Elizabeth D HAINES about Jul 1922 in Oregon. Elizabeth was born in 1903 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died on 27 Jan 1930 in Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon; was buried on 29 Jan 1930 in Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leo married Myrtle Theodora BYE on 2 Jan 1931 in Klamath County, Oregon, and was divorced in Aug 1942 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Myrtle (daughter of Johan Edvard Martinusson (John M) BYE and Grethe Johanna Mikalsdatter (Gertie) HAGA) was born on 25 Aug 1903 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 8 Feb 1967 in Multnomah County, Oregon; was buried in Wilhelm’s Portland Memorial Mausoleum, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leo married Evelyn Agnes BOGUSLASKI on 12 Feb 1943 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Evelyn was born on 20 Jun 1909 in Wisconsin; died on 22 Apr 1978 in Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Rest-Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Nurse

Notes:

Shown as age 2 in the 1910 census.

The 1940 census shows her as having had two years of college. Her husband had had two years of high school.

Buried:
as Collette M Wood

Collette married George O WOOD on 8 Oct 1952 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. George was born on 21 Sep 1905; died on 5 Dec 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Collette married Paul B CONE on 21 Jan 1931 in Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon. Paul was born on 17 May 1903 in Oregon; died on 12 May 1950 in Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She had two children, a boy and a girl.

Madonna married Lawrence Mason THURLOW on 17 Jul 1937 in Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, and was divorced on 6 Sep 1957 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Lawrence was born on 29 May 1915 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; died on 11 Dec 2003 in Washington County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher

Notes:

Or Emmit.

We don’t know where he and his brother Floyd were living at the time of the 1930 census.

Lived with Leo Don and Myrtle prior to their divorce.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Robert married Virginia Winafred BEERS on 20 Mar 1943 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, and was divorced on 5 Jul 1961 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Virginia was born on 27 Sep 1923 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; died on 6 Dec 1996 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; was buried in Columbia Masonic Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

We don’t know where he and his brother Bob were living at the time of the 1930 census.

Lived with Leo Don and Myrtle prior to their divorce.

His obit from The Oregonian:

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2001, in Bateman-Carroll Funeral Chapel for Floyd E. Boyle, who died Feb. 25, 2001, at age 75.

Mr. Boyle was born April 23, 1925, in Portland, where he lived all his life. He graduated from Parkrose High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a patrolman for the Oregon State Police and later was a manager with Exhaust Specialties before becoming owner of Master Muffler Inc. He married Bernadine Schnase in the 1940s; she died in 1998.

Survivors include; sons, Tom, David and Patrick; sisters, Collette Bassett, Colleen Ledbetter and Patricia Brown; and five grandchildren.

Family/Spouse: Bernadine SCHNASE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived with her mother after her parents’ divorce.

Colleen Marie Ledbetter of Eugene died Dec. 26 of heart failure. She was 76.

Ledbetter was born Sept. 12, 1929, in Klamath Falls, to Leo Donald and Elizabeth Haines Boyle. She lived in Klamath Falls until 1971 when she moved to Eugene. Ledbetter was employed as a legal secretary.

She enjoyed camping, Bible study, piano, reading and spending time with family.

Survivors include two daughters, Pam Holloway of Coburg and Kim Like of Reedsport; two sons, Greg Ledbetter of Salem and Bill Ledbetter of Springfield, Ill.; a sister, Collette Bassett of Portland; and 10 grandchildren.

Not mentioned in the 2022 obit of her half-sister, Patricia Boyle Taylor Brown.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Nurse

Notes:

An article in the December 10, 1950, edition of The Oregonian:

“Bethel No. 31, Job’s Daughters, will install Patricia Boyle as honored queen of ceremonies at 8 p.m. Saturday at Parkrose Masonic temple.”

Graduated from Parkrose High School in Portland, Oregon. Patricia was “a hospice RN who still works part time in Sandy, Oregon.”

She had seven children.



Pat Brown passed away peacefully the morning of November 30, 2022 in Sandy, Oregon. Family and friends had just celebrated her 90th birthday in October.

Pat was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, to parents Leo (Don) and Myrtle Boyle, joining brothers Robert (Bob) and Floyd. The Boyle family moved to Portland in 1940 and Pat graduated from Parkrose High School ten years later. A high school cheerleader, Pat was popular and was voted Homecoming Queen.

Pat met Robert (Bob) Taylor in 1949, marrying in 1951. Pat and Bob moved to Oceanside, California, in 1951 after Bob joined the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1953, Michael (Mike) Taylor, the first of seven children, arrived.

After Bob’s honorable discharge in 1954, the family moved to Portland and Mike was soon joined by brothers Jeffery (Jeff) in 1954, Daniel (Dan) in 1956, Christopher (Casey) in 1957 and Joseph (Joe) in 1960. The first of two daughters, Rachel, was born in 1963. The Taylor family moved to Gresham in 1967 and the last of the Taylor children, Katherine (Katie) was later born.

Bob was a career educator, high school principal and curriculum consultant, and Pat’s mother was a first grade teacher. All the Taylor children could read and write before they entered school, and they all learned to play at least one musical instrument. Bob was able to bring home the latest movies, on reels, to play for family movie night, with Pat providing popcorn and refreshments for the children.

Pat and Bob divorced in 1981 and Pat returned to college in 1983, ultimately earning a her degree as a Registered Nurse. Her nearly 21-year career at Mt. Hood Hospice began in 1987. Pat served as a Patient Care Coordinator, and from 2000-2011 in quality care. Pat’s kindness and gentle loving nature allowed her to provide exceptional care to hospice patients.

In 1991 Pat met widower Duane Brown, a long-time Hoodland resident with four adult children. They married in 1992 and resided in Brightwood where they shared a love of family, art and nature.

Duane passed away in 2009. Pat later moved to a Sandy senior living community where she resided until her death. Mt. Hood Hospice provided end of life care.

She enjoyed family vacations to the Oregon coast and mountains, and she returned to the coast to vacation with her friends each year in her later life.

Pat was an accomplished artist, her acrylic and watercolor paintings often winning at local art shows. Her beautiful art graces the homes of many, including those of her children. Her sons remember her creating custom-painted lunch boxes for them that were the envy of other children at school.

Pat dedicated herself to her family and was an exceptional wife, mother, neighbor and friend. Despite her large family, Pat always made time for everyone. She cared deeply for her family and friends. She did this not out of obligation, but because of who she was. Pat was always beautiful, both inside and out, and will long be remembered for her elegant appearance and kind, graceful manner. Pat was a friend to all, a counselor to most, and “Mom” to many.

Her gentle, loving spirit, sense of humor and optimism will be missed by all.

Pat is survived and lovingly remembered by her children Mike, Dan (Julie), Casey (Jayne), Joe (Maggie), Rachel (Jay) and Katie; daughter-in-law Karen; step-children Mary, David, Dan (Naheed) and Trudy (Russ); nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pat is predeceased by her parents, first husband Bob, second husband Duane, son Jeff, and brothers Bob and Floyd.

A Celebration of Life will be held at Peace Lutheran Church, 2201 N. Rosa Parks Way, Portland on Saturday, January 28 at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, donations in Pat’s memory may be made to Mt. Hood Hospice.

The above obituary does not mention Patricia’s half-sisters, Collette and Colleen, nor does it mention her half-brother Donald.

Patricia married Robert Eugene TAYLOR on 16 Jun 1951 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, and was divorced on 16 Apr 1981 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Robert was born on 3 Nov 1930 in Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi; died on 1 Jun 2018 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patricia married Duane Burdette BROWN on 15 Feb 1992 in Clackamas County, Oregon. Duane was born on 13 Jul 1926; died on 13 Apr 2009 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, 1996, in Hoodland Lutheran Church in Zigzag for Jeffrey Robert Taylor, who died Jan. 9 of complications related to surgery for a brain tumor. He was 41.

Mr. Taylor was born in Portland and graduated from Sam Barlow High School in 1972. He attended Mt. Hood Community College and graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1976. He worked for the Census Bureau and later received a master's degree and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

In 1989 he returned to Oregon and taught economics at Willamette University. He returned to Washington, D.C., in 1990 and worked as an economist for the International Monetary Fund.

Surviving are his wife, Karen of Fairfax, Va.; sons, Alexander and Luke, both of Fairfax; parents, Robert Taylor of Portland and Patricia Brown of Rhododendron; brothers, Joseph and Daniel, both of Gresham, and Christopher of Portland; and sisters, Kathleen Taylor, Rebecca McGovern and Rachel Brown, all of Portland.

The family suggests remembrances to Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge Road, Vienna, Va. 22181.

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