Robert Boyd Kaylor - Lee Mission Cemetery - Salem, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member ddtfamily
N 44° 56.551 W 123° 00.592
10T E 499222 N 4976564
Woodman marker for Robert Boyd Kaylor
Waymark Code: WMK2J4
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
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This headstone marks the grave of Robert Boyd Kaylor, a painter and Woodmen of the World member. The marker has the words "Here Rests a Woodman of the World" engraved near the base, and a "Dum Tacet Clamat" emblem near the top.

Obituary:
"Kaylor--At the family home in this city, Friday, July 7, 1905, at 3:30 a.m., Robert Boyd Kaylor,aged 34 years, of a complication of diseases.
Deceased was born at Lester, Iowa, and has lived in this city for a number of years. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World, and a painter by trade. He lived with his mother, Mrs. Anna Kaylor, on Court and Twentieth streets, in this city. Besides his mother, he leaves two sisters and one brother, Estelle Kaylor, Mrs. Isaac Conklin and Frank Kaylor, all of this city.
He was well known and had many friends. He had been ailing for two years, but only took to his bed last Tuesday, and his death comes as a sad blow to his parents.
The funeral will be held from the house this afternoon at 4 p.m. Interment will be in Lee Mission cemetery." -Oregon Statesman, July 8, 1905


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Location of Marker/Monument: Cemetery

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