Parents: Harvey Boynton and Alice Whitney
Ashley M. Boynton
Services for longtime North Kitsap resident Ashley M. Boynton, 94, or Port Gamble, will be Wednesday at 1p.m. at Stone Chapel in Poulsbo.
He Died Thursday at Martha and Mary Nursing Home in Poulsbo.
Born Feb. 22, 1889, in Wheeling, Ohio, he came to Kingston at the age of 5 and attended Kingston schools. While attending high school he met Cora Bradley, a senior who became the schoolteacher when the regular teacher became ill. She later became his wife.
His father died while he was still in school and after graduation, he moved to Oklahoma with his mother and brother. They subsequently died of Black smallpox. Left without funds, he joined a circus to make his way back to Kingston.
He later moved to Los Angeles, where he married Miss Bradley Jan. 19, 1914. They moved in 1917 to Hemet, Calif., where he became overseer for the Hemet Dam. In 1927 he moved his family back to Kingston and began working for the Pope and Talbot Mill where his father had worked before him.
In the 1940s, The Boyntons moved to Port Gamble, where they resided until Mr. and Mrs. Boynton entered Ebenezer Retirement Home in Poulsbo in 1973.
He retired from Pope and Talbot in 1963 at the age of 77. Mrs. Boynton died in 1975.
Boynton played the mandolin, banjo and mouth harp as well as yodeled and entertained his fellow residents at the nursing home. He rode in the Viking Fest parade for many years, playing his music.
The Boyntons were avid rock-hounds and were featured in National Geographic Magazine about 30 years ago, according to their daughter, Evelyn Matesa of Tacoma. She said her parents opened their home to schoolchildren for many years. They also prepared exhibits for the Tacoma Museum.
He was a member of Carpenters and Joiners Union, AFL-CIO, LSWU No. 2536.
Surviving are two sons, Leslie of Seattle and Edwin of Fontana, Calif., his daughter, Mrs. Matesa; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Cremation will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Obituary posted in the Bremerton Sun Newspaper, April 1, 1983 on page 6.
Ashley M. Boynton
Services for longtime North Kitsap resident Ashley M. Boynton, 94, or Port Gamble, will be Wednesday at 1p.m. at Stone Chapel in Poulsbo.
He Died Thursday at Martha and Mary Nursing Home in Poulsbo.
Born Feb. 22, 1889, in Wheeling, Ohio, he came to Kingston at the age of 5 and attended Kingston schools. While attending high school he met Cora Bradley, a senior who became the schoolteacher when the regular teacher became ill. She later became his wife.
His father died while he was still in school and after graduation, he moved to Oklahoma with his mother and brother. They subsequently died of Black smallpox. Left without funds, he joined a circus to make his way back to Kingston.
He later moved to Los Angeles, where he married Miss Bradley Jan. 19, 1914. They moved in 1917 to Hemet, Calif., where he became overseer for the Hemet Dam. In 1927 he moved his family back to Kingston and began working for the Pope and Talbot Mill where his father had worked before him.
In the 1940s, The Boyntons moved to Port Gamble, where they resided until Mr. and Mrs. Boynton entered Ebenezer Retirement Home in Poulsbo in 1973.
He retired from Pope and Talbot in 1963 at the age of 77. Mrs. Boynton died in 1975.
Boynton played the mandolin, banjo and mouth harp as well as yodeled and entertained his fellow residents at the nursing home. He rode in the Viking Fest parade for many years, playing his music.
The Boyntons were avid rock-hounds and were featured in National Geographic Magazine about 30 years ago, according to their daughter, Evelyn Matesa of Tacoma. She said her parents opened their home to schoolchildren for many years. They also prepared exhibits for the Tacoma Museum.
He was a member of Carpenters and Joiners Union, AFL-CIO, LSWU No. 2536.
Surviving are two sons, Leslie of Seattle and Edwin of Fontana, Calif., his daughter, Mrs. Matesa; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Cremation will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Obituary posted in the Bremerton Sun Newspaper, April 1, 1983 on page 6.
Parents: Harvey Boynton and Alice Whitney
Ashley M. Boynton
Services for longtime North Kitsap resident Ashley M. Boynton, 94, or Port Gamble, will be Wednesday at 1p.m. at Stone Chapel in Poulsbo.
He Died Thursday at Martha and Mary Nursing Home in Poulsbo.
Born Feb. 22, 1889, in Wheeling, Ohio, he came to Kingston at the age of 5 and attended Kingston schools. While attending high school he met Cora Bradley, a senior who became the schoolteacher when the regular teacher became ill. She later became his wife.
His father died while he was still in school and after graduation, he moved to Oklahoma with his mother and brother. They subsequently died of Black smallpox. Left without funds, he joined a circus to make his way back to Kingston.
He later moved to Los Angeles, where he married Miss Bradley Jan. 19, 1914. They moved in 1917 to Hemet, Calif., where he became overseer for the Hemet Dam. In 1927 he moved his family back to Kingston and began working for the Pope and Talbot Mill where his father had worked before him.
In the 1940s, The Boyntons moved to Port Gamble, where they resided until Mr. and Mrs. Boynton entered Ebenezer Retirement Home in Poulsbo in 1973.
He retired from Pope and Talbot in 1963 at the age of 77. Mrs. Boynton died in 1975.
Boynton played the mandolin, banjo and mouth harp as well as yodeled and entertained his fellow residents at the nursing home. He rode in the Viking Fest parade for many years, playing his music.
The Boyntons were avid rock-hounds and were featured in National Geographic Magazine about 30 years ago, according to their daughter, Evelyn Matesa of Tacoma. She said her parents opened their home to schoolchildren for many years. They also prepared exhibits for the Tacoma Museum.
He was a member of Carpenters and Joiners Union, AFL-CIO, LSWU No. 2536.
Surviving are two sons, Leslie of Seattle and Edwin of Fontana, Calif., his daughter, Mrs. Matesa; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Cremation will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Obituary posted in the Bremerton Sun Newspaper, April 1, 1983 on page 6.
Ashley M. Boynton
Services for longtime North Kitsap resident Ashley M. Boynton, 94, or Port Gamble, will be Wednesday at 1p.m. at Stone Chapel in Poulsbo.
He Died Thursday at Martha and Mary Nursing Home in Poulsbo.
Born Feb. 22, 1889, in Wheeling, Ohio, he came to Kingston at the age of 5 and attended Kingston schools. While attending high school he met Cora Bradley, a senior who became the schoolteacher when the regular teacher became ill. She later became his wife.
His father died while he was still in school and after graduation, he moved to Oklahoma with his mother and brother. They subsequently died of Black smallpox. Left without funds, he joined a circus to make his way back to Kingston.
He later moved to Los Angeles, where he married Miss Bradley Jan. 19, 1914. They moved in 1917 to Hemet, Calif., where he became overseer for the Hemet Dam. In 1927 he moved his family back to Kingston and began working for the Pope and Talbot Mill where his father had worked before him.
In the 1940s, The Boyntons moved to Port Gamble, where they resided until Mr. and Mrs. Boynton entered Ebenezer Retirement Home in Poulsbo in 1973.
He retired from Pope and Talbot in 1963 at the age of 77. Mrs. Boynton died in 1975.
Boynton played the mandolin, banjo and mouth harp as well as yodeled and entertained his fellow residents at the nursing home. He rode in the Viking Fest parade for many years, playing his music.
The Boyntons were avid rock-hounds and were featured in National Geographic Magazine about 30 years ago, according to their daughter, Evelyn Matesa of Tacoma. She said her parents opened their home to schoolchildren for many years. They also prepared exhibits for the Tacoma Museum.
He was a member of Carpenters and Joiners Union, AFL-CIO, LSWU No. 2536.
Surviving are two sons, Leslie of Seattle and Edwin of Fontana, Calif., his daughter, Mrs. Matesa; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Cremation will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Obituary posted in the Bremerton Sun Newspaper, April 1, 1983 on page 6.
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