Boyer Mortuary Record Letters A/B, 1950

The Boyer Funeral Home Records contains information about the Boyer Funeral Home, as well as a genealogical information that would be useful to a researcher interested in the researching Dayton family histories as well as those who are interested in the funeral industry.

Series I: Boyer Mortuary Records, includes documents related to the details of the funeral. Records contain information concerning Service Rendered (Casket price, Professional Services, Embalming, Shaving-dressing, Funeral Car, etc.) Cash Disbursed (Funeral Car, Flower Car, Newspaper notices, etc.) as well as biographical information (Date of Birth/Death, residence, cause of death, etc.). Later Mortuary Records contain the obituary clipped from the newspaper. The records are arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically by last name. 22 boxes.

Series II, Account Books, includes account information. Dates, items, and prices are listed in the ledgers concerning funeral expenses. 1 box and 1 ledger.

Series III: Family History includes two histories written by Chip Boyer about Rosaline Lowrey and Charles Beaver Boyer.

Series IV: Correspondence, contains one letter from an undertaker to the Boyer Funeral Home.