Individual Details
Pearl R. Calhoun
(3 Jun 1898 - 22 Feb 2007)
Pearl R. Bosley 1898 - 2007
DIGHTON — Pearl R. Bosley, 108, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City.
She was born June 3, 1898, at Wichita, the daughter of William Clinton and Lillie Belle (Mahan) Calhoun.
She married Charles F. Bosley on Sept. 2, 1917, at Elder, Colo.
She lived in Los Angeles until she was 8 years old. The family moved back to Wichita and then homesteaded near Springfield, Colo., in 1915. She and her husband farmed in eastern Colorado and western Kansas until they moved to Dighton in the 1930s.
Pearl was a longtime clerk at the Dighton Livestock Auction.
She enjoyed needlepoint, quilting, playing in the J.O.Y. Band and traveling with friends.
She was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Dighton.
Survivors include the Rev. Diana Coberly and nine other grandchildren; 13 greatgrandchildren and six great-greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles F. Bosley, on April 24, 1958; two sons, Charles C. Bosley and Lewis Earl Bosley; two brothers, Fay Calhoun and Oliver Calhoun; one sister, Devita May Calhoun and one granddaughter, Susan Bosley Osborne.
Funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the St. Theresa Catholic Church in Dighton, with the Rev. Warren Stecklein officiating. Burial will be at Dighton Memorial Cemetery, Dighton. Memorial donations may be made to the St. Theresa
Catholic Church or to J.O.Y. Band in care of Boomhower Funeral Home.
Funeral arrangements provided by Boomhower Funeral Home, P.O. Box 891, Dighton, KS 67839.
620-397-5792
Great Bend Kansas Tribune, Feb. 25, 2007
DIGHTON — Pearl R. Bosley, 108, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City.
She was born June 3, 1898, at Wichita, the daughter of William Clinton and Lillie Belle (Mahan) Calhoun.
She married Charles F. Bosley on Sept. 2, 1917, at Elder, Colo.
She lived in Los Angeles until she was 8 years old. The family moved back to Wichita and then homesteaded near Springfield, Colo., in 1915. She and her husband farmed in eastern Colorado and western Kansas until they moved to Dighton in the 1930s.
Pearl was a longtime clerk at the Dighton Livestock Auction.
She enjoyed needlepoint, quilting, playing in the J.O.Y. Band and traveling with friends.
She was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Dighton.
Survivors include the Rev. Diana Coberly and nine other grandchildren; 13 greatgrandchildren and six great-greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles F. Bosley, on April 24, 1958; two sons, Charles C. Bosley and Lewis Earl Bosley; two brothers, Fay Calhoun and Oliver Calhoun; one sister, Devita May Calhoun and one granddaughter, Susan Bosley Osborne.
Funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the St. Theresa Catholic Church in Dighton, with the Rev. Warren Stecklein officiating. Burial will be at Dighton Memorial Cemetery, Dighton. Memorial donations may be made to the St. Theresa
Catholic Church or to J.O.Y. Band in care of Boomhower Funeral Home.
Funeral arrangements provided by Boomhower Funeral Home, P.O. Box 891, Dighton, KS 67839.
620-397-5792
Great Bend Kansas Tribune, Feb. 25, 2007
Events
| Birth | 3 Jun 1898 | Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas | |||
| Marriage | 2 Sep 1917 | Springfield, Baca County, Colorado - Charles Frebren Bosley |  |  | |
| Death | 22 Feb 2007 | Scott City, Scott County, Kansas | | | |
| Burial | 27 Feb 2007 | Dighton Cemetery, Lane County, Kansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Charles Frebren Bosley (1892 - 1958) |
| Child | Charles Clinton Bosley (1919 - 2003) |
| Child | Lewis Earl Bosley Sr. (1923 - 1998) |
| Father | William Clinton Calhoun (1870 - 1963) |
| Mother | Lillie Belle Mahan (1877 - 1965) |
| Sibling | William Fay Calhoun (1896 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Oliver Clinton Calhoun (1914 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Devita May Calhoun ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Charles F BosleySex Male
Age 24
Marriage Date 02 Sep 1917
Marriage Place Bride's Home, Baca, Colorado, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1893
Spouse's Name Pearl R Calhoun
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 19
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1898
Death
Pearl R BosleyState Kansas
Last Place of Residence Healy, Lane, Kansas
Previous Residence Postal Code 67850
Age 109
Birth Date 03 Jun 1898
Death Date 22 Feb 2007
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