In Memory Of
Adrian F. Boylston
May 7, 1927 - August 29, 2014
Adrian F. Boylston, a leader in the funeral service profession who served as publisher of American Funeral Director and American Cemetery magazines and the American Blue Book of Funeral Directors for more than four decades died on August 29th in Hilton Head Hospital. He was 87 years old.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years Joan and daughter Kathy.
Called the "publisher of publishers for the profession" at his induction into the National Museum of Funeral History in 2003, he was a venerable presence at funeral service functions since he joined Kates-Boylston Publications as advertising manager in 1959.
Boylston was born May 7, 1927 in Queens, New York to Adrian F. and Louise Montanez Boylston. His birth was one year after Kates-Boylston Publications was founded by his father and Albert R. Kates. The family's history was already ensconced in funeral service since his grandfather and great-grandfather were funeral directors. Another harbinger of where his career would lead him, Boylston sold subscriptions to the Saturday Evening Post by going door-to-door in his Jackson Heights neighborhood.
Taking heed of the family's work ethic, "If you want money, you have to earn it," Boylston spent summers working in the farm fields on Eastern Long Island. During one particular summer, on his summer break from Forest Hills High School, Adrian met Joan Butterfield on the beach in Laurel, a small town on Peconic Bay. The two would marry six years later.
In 1945, Boylston enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. After boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, he was assigned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and in North China with the 1st Marine Corps Division.
Following his discharge from the Marines, Boylston took a job with the New York Herald Tribune and also attended City College of New York. He also took a side job selling ads in the American Blue Book and subscriptions to the American Funeral Director.
The year 1951 represented a turning point for both Boylston's professional and personal lives. On March 24th of the same year, he married Joan Butterfield. He also became New York Advertising Representative for Consolidated Press of Canada (Canadian Home Journal and other consumer magazines).
In February, 1954, the couple's first child Karen Sue was born followed by Bruce Adrian in February 1957, and Cynthia Louise in June, 1959.
By fall 1959, the family relocated from River's Edge, New Jersey to Park Ridge, Illinois where Boylston took over as sales manager for the Midwest territory for Kates-Boylston Publications. With this position "came some 30, 000 annual driving miles spread over 15-20 weeks on-the-road with a dozen or so state and national conventions to attend" he once said.
Two years later, the family moved to Lincolnwood, Illinois. In August 1962, the Boylston's fourth child, Robin Adrienne, was born.
Following the sudden death of his father in June, 1967, Boylston became vice president and co-publisher of the company which necessitated a move to Long Island, New York. In 1975, he became the president of Kates-Boylston Publications. In 1989, Boylston and his wife moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
In 2002, he sold Kates-Boylston Publications to the United Communications Group. He continued as Publisher Emeritus until 2004.
Aside from his induction into the National Museum of Funeral Services Hall of Fame, Boylston was recognized by a number of the national and state funeral service associations. He was inducted into the International Cemetery and Funeral Association Suppliers Hall of Fame in 1997 and was the recipient of resolutions of recognition by the National Funeral Directors Association in 2002, the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association in 2002 (when he was given honorary membership to the association) and by the Casket & Funeral Supply Association in 2003.
He was a member of the American Legion, 1st Marine Division Association, China Marine Association, as well as the Port Washington Yacht Club, Port Washington Land CO, and Sea Pines Country Club.
Visitation will be held from 12:00 - 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 2 at Holy Family Catholic Church followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 2:00 P.M. Burial to follow at Six Oaks Memorial Park.
Arrangements entrusted to The Island Funeral Home and Crematory.
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Obituary By: The Island Funeral Home and Crematory, Hilton Head Island, SC
Adrian F. Boylston
May 7, 1927 - August 29, 2014
Adrian F. Boylston, a leader in the funeral service profession who served as publisher of American Funeral Director and American Cemetery magazines and the American Blue Book of Funeral Directors for more than four decades died on August 29th in Hilton Head Hospital. He was 87 years old.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years Joan and daughter Kathy.
Called the "publisher of publishers for the profession" at his induction into the National Museum of Funeral History in 2003, he was a venerable presence at funeral service functions since he joined Kates-Boylston Publications as advertising manager in 1959.
Boylston was born May 7, 1927 in Queens, New York to Adrian F. and Louise Montanez Boylston. His birth was one year after Kates-Boylston Publications was founded by his father and Albert R. Kates. The family's history was already ensconced in funeral service since his grandfather and great-grandfather were funeral directors. Another harbinger of where his career would lead him, Boylston sold subscriptions to the Saturday Evening Post by going door-to-door in his Jackson Heights neighborhood.
Taking heed of the family's work ethic, "If you want money, you have to earn it," Boylston spent summers working in the farm fields on Eastern Long Island. During one particular summer, on his summer break from Forest Hills High School, Adrian met Joan Butterfield on the beach in Laurel, a small town on Peconic Bay. The two would marry six years later.
In 1945, Boylston enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. After boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, he was assigned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and in North China with the 1st Marine Corps Division.
Following his discharge from the Marines, Boylston took a job with the New York Herald Tribune and also attended City College of New York. He also took a side job selling ads in the American Blue Book and subscriptions to the American Funeral Director.
The year 1951 represented a turning point for both Boylston's professional and personal lives. On March 24th of the same year, he married Joan Butterfield. He also became New York Advertising Representative for Consolidated Press of Canada (Canadian Home Journal and other consumer magazines).
In February, 1954, the couple's first child Karen Sue was born followed by Bruce Adrian in February 1957, and Cynthia Louise in June, 1959.
By fall 1959, the family relocated from River's Edge, New Jersey to Park Ridge, Illinois where Boylston took over as sales manager for the Midwest territory for Kates-Boylston Publications. With this position "came some 30, 000 annual driving miles spread over 15-20 weeks on-the-road with a dozen or so state and national conventions to attend" he once said.
Two years later, the family moved to Lincolnwood, Illinois. In August 1962, the Boylston's fourth child, Robin Adrienne, was born.
Following the sudden death of his father in June, 1967, Boylston became vice president and co-publisher of the company which necessitated a move to Long Island, New York. In 1975, he became the president of Kates-Boylston Publications. In 1989, Boylston and his wife moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
In 2002, he sold Kates-Boylston Publications to the United Communications Group. He continued as Publisher Emeritus until 2004.
Aside from his induction into the National Museum of Funeral Services Hall of Fame, Boylston was recognized by a number of the national and state funeral service associations. He was inducted into the International Cemetery and Funeral Association Suppliers Hall of Fame in 1997 and was the recipient of resolutions of recognition by the National Funeral Directors Association in 2002, the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association in 2002 (when he was given honorary membership to the association) and by the Casket & Funeral Supply Association in 2003.
He was a member of the American Legion, 1st Marine Division Association, China Marine Association, as well as the Port Washington Yacht Club, Port Washington Land CO, and Sea Pines Country Club.
Visitation will be held from 12:00 - 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 2 at Holy Family Catholic Church followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 2:00 P.M. Burial to follow at Six Oaks Memorial Park.
Arrangements entrusted to The Island Funeral Home and Crematory.
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Obituary By: The Island Funeral Home and Crematory, Hilton Head Island, SC
In Memory Of
Adrian F. Boylston
May 7, 1927 - August 29, 2014
Adrian F. Boylston, a leader in the funeral service profession who served as publisher of American Funeral Director and American Cemetery magazines and the American Blue Book of Funeral Directors for more than four decades died on August 29th in Hilton Head Hospital. He was 87 years old.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years Joan and daughter Kathy.
Called the "publisher of publishers for the profession" at his induction into the National Museum of Funeral History in 2003, he was a venerable presence at funeral service functions since he joined Kates-Boylston Publications as advertising manager in 1959.
Boylston was born May 7, 1927 in Queens, New York to Adrian F. and Louise Montanez Boylston. His birth was one year after Kates-Boylston Publications was founded by his father and Albert R. Kates. The family's history was already ensconced in funeral service since his grandfather and great-grandfather were funeral directors. Another harbinger of where his career would lead him, Boylston sold subscriptions to the Saturday Evening Post by going door-to-door in his Jackson Heights neighborhood.
Taking heed of the family's work ethic, "If you want money, you have to earn it," Boylston spent summers working in the farm fields on Eastern Long Island. During one particular summer, on his summer break from Forest Hills High School, Adrian met Joan Butterfield on the beach in Laurel, a small town on Peconic Bay. The two would marry six years later.
In 1945, Boylston enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. After boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, he was assigned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and in North China with the 1st Marine Corps Division.
Following his discharge from the Marines, Boylston took a job with the New York Herald Tribune and also attended City College of New York. He also took a side job selling ads in the American Blue Book and subscriptions to the American Funeral Director.
The year 1951 represented a turning point for both Boylston's professional and personal lives. On March 24th of the same year, he married Joan Butterfield. He also became New York Advertising Representative for Consolidated Press of Canada (Canadian Home Journal and other consumer magazines).
In February, 1954, the couple's first child Karen Sue was born followed by Bruce Adrian in February 1957, and Cynthia Louise in June, 1959.
By fall 1959, the family relocated from River's Edge, New Jersey to Park Ridge, Illinois where Boylston took over as sales manager for the Midwest territory for Kates-Boylston Publications. With this position "came some 30, 000 annual driving miles spread over 15-20 weeks on-the-road with a dozen or so state and national conventions to attend" he once said.
Two years later, the family moved to Lincolnwood, Illinois. In August 1962, the Boylston's fourth child, Robin Adrienne, was born.
Following the sudden death of his father in June, 1967, Boylston became vice president and co-publisher of the company which necessitated a move to Long Island, New York. In 1975, he became the president of Kates-Boylston Publications. In 1989, Boylston and his wife moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
In 2002, he sold Kates-Boylston Publications to the United Communications Group. He continued as Publisher Emeritus until 2004.
Aside from his induction into the National Museum of Funeral Services Hall of Fame, Boylston was recognized by a number of the national and state funeral service associations. He was inducted into the International Cemetery and Funeral Association Suppliers Hall of Fame in 1997 and was the recipient of resolutions of recognition by the National Funeral Directors Association in 2002, the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association in 2002 (when he was given honorary membership to the association) and by the Casket & Funeral Supply Association in 2003.
He was a member of the American Legion, 1st Marine Division Association, China Marine Association, as well as the Port Washington Yacht Club, Port Washington Land CO, and Sea Pines Country Club.
Visitation will be held from 12:00 - 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 2 at Holy Family Catholic Church followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 2:00 P.M. Burial to follow at Six Oaks Memorial Park.
Arrangements entrusted to The Island Funeral Home and Crematory.
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Obituary By: The Island Funeral Home and Crematory, Hilton Head Island, SC
Adrian F. Boylston
May 7, 1927 - August 29, 2014
Adrian F. Boylston, a leader in the funeral service profession who served as publisher of American Funeral Director and American Cemetery magazines and the American Blue Book of Funeral Directors for more than four decades died on August 29th in Hilton Head Hospital. He was 87 years old.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years Joan and daughter Kathy.
Called the "publisher of publishers for the profession" at his induction into the National Museum of Funeral History in 2003, he was a venerable presence at funeral service functions since he joined Kates-Boylston Publications as advertising manager in 1959.
Boylston was born May 7, 1927 in Queens, New York to Adrian F. and Louise Montanez Boylston. His birth was one year after Kates-Boylston Publications was founded by his father and Albert R. Kates. The family's history was already ensconced in funeral service since his grandfather and great-grandfather were funeral directors. Another harbinger of where his career would lead him, Boylston sold subscriptions to the Saturday Evening Post by going door-to-door in his Jackson Heights neighborhood.
Taking heed of the family's work ethic, "If you want money, you have to earn it," Boylston spent summers working in the farm fields on Eastern Long Island. During one particular summer, on his summer break from Forest Hills High School, Adrian met Joan Butterfield on the beach in Laurel, a small town on Peconic Bay. The two would marry six years later.
In 1945, Boylston enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. After boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, he was assigned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and in North China with the 1st Marine Corps Division.
Following his discharge from the Marines, Boylston took a job with the New York Herald Tribune and also attended City College of New York. He also took a side job selling ads in the American Blue Book and subscriptions to the American Funeral Director.
The year 1951 represented a turning point for both Boylston's professional and personal lives. On March 24th of the same year, he married Joan Butterfield. He also became New York Advertising Representative for Consolidated Press of Canada (Canadian Home Journal and other consumer magazines).
In February, 1954, the couple's first child Karen Sue was born followed by Bruce Adrian in February 1957, and Cynthia Louise in June, 1959.
By fall 1959, the family relocated from River's Edge, New Jersey to Park Ridge, Illinois where Boylston took over as sales manager for the Midwest territory for Kates-Boylston Publications. With this position "came some 30, 000 annual driving miles spread over 15-20 weeks on-the-road with a dozen or so state and national conventions to attend" he once said.
Two years later, the family moved to Lincolnwood, Illinois. In August 1962, the Boylston's fourth child, Robin Adrienne, was born.
Following the sudden death of his father in June, 1967, Boylston became vice president and co-publisher of the company which necessitated a move to Long Island, New York. In 1975, he became the president of Kates-Boylston Publications. In 1989, Boylston and his wife moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
In 2002, he sold Kates-Boylston Publications to the United Communications Group. He continued as Publisher Emeritus until 2004.
Aside from his induction into the National Museum of Funeral Services Hall of Fame, Boylston was recognized by a number of the national and state funeral service associations. He was inducted into the International Cemetery and Funeral Association Suppliers Hall of Fame in 1997 and was the recipient of resolutions of recognition by the National Funeral Directors Association in 2002, the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association in 2002 (when he was given honorary membership to the association) and by the Casket & Funeral Supply Association in 2003.
He was a member of the American Legion, 1st Marine Division Association, China Marine Association, as well as the Port Washington Yacht Club, Port Washington Land CO, and Sea Pines Country Club.
Visitation will be held from 12:00 - 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 2 at Holy Family Catholic Church followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 2:00 P.M. Burial to follow at Six Oaks Memorial Park.
Arrangements entrusted to The Island Funeral Home and Crematory.
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Obituary By: The Island Funeral Home and Crematory, Hilton Head Island, SC
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