Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Rena S. Childers ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Rena S. Childers
LAST NAME: Childers FIRST NAME: Rena MIDDLE NAME: S. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Boyle AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 13 Jan 1855 DIED: 1 Jun 1940 BURIED: Jun 1940
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Rickreall, Polk Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
See: POLK COUNTY PIONEERS: Study of the Inhabitants Listed in the 1850 Census Federal Census of Polk County, Oregon by Shirley H. O'Neil, pub. 2002, pgs. 221-224: James Whitten BOYLE family.
OBITUARY: 
CHILDERS--Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Wednesday at the Bruning Mission Mortuary for Mrs. Rena Boyle Childers, aged 85, of 3018 Southeast Morrison street, who died Saturday. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Salem. Mrs. Childers was the daughter of the late Dr. J. W. and Josephine Ford Boyle, early pioneers of Oregon. She was born at Rickreall, Polk county, January 13, 1855. She received her education in Salem. In 1889 she came to Portland, where she lived continuously since. She was a member of the Episcopal church and the Oregon Pioneers’ association. Surviving are Milton B. Childers, a son, and Mrs. W. H. Warren, a daughter, both of Portland; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. 
Portland Oregonian Tues., 4 Jun 1940, pg 6
INSCRIPTION: 
SOURCES: 
Plant Register
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1940) #1878 
Oregonian  4 Jun 1940, pg 6
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