Boulton, Horace J.

Horace J. Boulton
June 20, 1872-November 19, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Friday, November 20, 1936, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library


    In the death of Horace John Boulton, 64, at Pawating hospital Thursday afternoon, Nies lost a citizen who had lived here 32 years and the Kawneer company its oldest employe.
    Mr. Boulton died after a brief illness of pleural pneumonia with which was stricken Saturday.
    He came to Niles from Chicago 32 years ago.  He had been employed in the Kawneer plant for nearly 30 years, joining the organization a few weeks after it was established here.
    F.J. Plym spoke of Mr. Boulton this morning in terms of highest commendation.  "The company appreciated Mr. Boulton and his fine loyal service extending over nearly 30 years." Mr. Plym said, "Mr. Boulton came to the Kawneer when the company employed about 12 men and had continued in its service until the time of his last illness.  He was always reliable and dependable."
    Mr. Boulton, who lived at 117 North Tenth street, was born in Nottingham, England, June 20, 1872.  He came to Niles from Chicago in 1904 and two years afterward stared work for the Kawneer, where, prior to his death, he was in charge of rolling machine production.
    Beside his wife, Mrs. Lucy Boulton, to whom he was maried[sic] in Chicago in November, 1902, he leaves two sons, Irving and Leslie H., both of Niles; two brothers, William, of Chicago, and Albert, Niles, and a sister, Mrs. Gertie Mellien, Lake Geneva, Wis.
    Friends are asked to call at the Rutherford mortuary until Saturday noon when the body will be removed to the First Baptist church, of which Mr. Boulton was a member. It will lie in state there from 1 to 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the hour of the funeral.  The Rev. J.F. Goodman will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.