Title
Mrs.
Last Name
Boyington
First Name
Florida
Middle Name
Maiden Name
Gilbert
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Jackman, ME
Date of Birth
1912-02-20
Place of Death
Dexter, ME
Date of Death
1958-12-25
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 1-1-1959, p.2
Obituary
MRS. HARRY A. BOYINGTON Funeral services were held at the Dexter Methodist Church Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Florida Boyington, 46, wife of Harry A. Boyington, who died December 25 at the Plummer Hospital after several weeks' illness. The Rev. Howard E. Benson officiated. Bearers were: Raymond Poulin, Sr., and Harold B. Knox, Dexter; Nathan Jordan, Sangerville; and Martin French, Dover-Foxcroft. The remains were placed in the funeral home vault to await Spring burial. Mrs. Boyington was born in Jackman, February 20, 1912, the daughter of the late Philip Gilbert of Dexter and Marie (Nolet) Gilbert now Mrs. George LaBonte of Rumford. She was a member of Martha Washington Rebekah Lodge, the Jolly Circle, Dexter Firemen's Auxiliary and Garland Grange. She is survived by her mother of Rumford; her husband, Harry A. Boyington; a daughter, Mrs. H. Edward Whalen, Jr., of Dexter; a son, Raymond Stone of Artesia, Calif., three sisters, Mrs. Herbert Groleau and Mrs. Raymond Poulin, Sr., of Dexter and Mrs. Philip Tracy of Augusta; two brothers, Roland I. Gilbert of Dexter and Leo Gilbert of Natick, Mass., and five grandchildren. Among out-of-town relatives and friends at the service were: Mr. and Mrs. George LaBonte, Rumford; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gilbert, Natick Mass., Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Sherman and daughter, Mrs. Leo Crossman, Greenville; from Dover-Foxcroft, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Blethen, Richard Blethen, Mr. and Mrs. Martin French, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Colby Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Judkins, the Rev. John Oulton, Mrs. Harold Hall, Mrs. Dora Anderson, Mrs. Beatrice French, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Howe. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Fields, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gilbert, Bangor; Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Atwater, Sangerville; Mr. and Mrs. John Pease, Mr. and Mrs. Edward LaRochelle, Mr. and Mrs. Forest 0'Brien and Mrs. Everett Stewart, Jackman; Mrs. Nathalie Tracy, of Augusta; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Page, Gardiner; Mrs. Philip Forrester, Worcester, Mass., Mrs. Velma Towle, Portland, Mrs. David Nichols, Hartland; Ralph Poulin, Jr., New Haven, Conn., Abner Hodgdon, Lewiston.