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Title: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: Relsearcher on Saturday 25 July 20 09:23 BST (UK)
Hi!  I am looking for an obituary for Roy BOOND who died in January 1974 in Seattle I think.  Nothing coming up on Ancestry or FindMyPast.  If anyone can help it would be much appreciated!  Many thanks, Nina
Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: [Ray] on Saturday 25 July 20 09:32 BST (UK)
Hi     


What other info do you have for him?     


Ray


Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: Relsearcher on Saturday 25 July 20 09:35 BST (UK)
Hi Ray - his father was Edgar and mother was Shirley - he had at least 2 brothers and a sister. That's about all I know!  Nina
Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: *Sandra* on Saturday 25 July 20 10:44 BST (UK)
Slightly different spelling  ?

Washington Death Index -    Roy T Beond Age 0
Birth Year    abt 1974 - Residence Place:   Snohomish, Washington.
Death Date 17 Jan 1974 Washington, Washington.

Sandra
Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: *Sandra* on Saturday 25 July 20 10:48 BST (UK)
US School Yearbooks show a Roy T Boond born 1956 - appears in year book for 1972.

Sandra
Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: *Sandra* on Saturday 25 July 20 10:49 BST (UK)
Anc tree shows - Roy Thomas Boond 1956–1974
born 3 July 1956  Seattle, King County, Wa. died 17 January 1974  Kirkland, King Co.

Sandra
Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: *Sandra* on Saturday 25 July 20 10:59 BST (UK)
Brother - Reginald Jackson Boond 1953–1995
born 15 JUL 1953 - Seattle, King County, Wa died 15 OCT 1995 -  Yakima, Wa.

Brother - Russell Clare Boond 1954–1990 died 18 February 1990

another possible sibling

Sandra
Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: Relsearcher on Saturday 25 July 20 11:23 BST (UK)
Thanks so much Sandra - they all seem to have died quite young - how strange  ???
Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: *Sandra* on Saturday 25 July 20 12:13 BST (UK)
Russell Boond was married 1976 divorced 1979 (cannot name spouse as she should be still living)
All do all seemed to die quite young  :-\

Sandra
Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: RJ137 on Saturday 25 July 20 19:21 BST (UK)
The 70s appear to be a rough time for the family.

Roy T Boond dies in 1974

Obits: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01pr6/

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Edgar and his wife divorced 14 April 1977

Divorce: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLCW-X5SR

That wife he divorced in 1977 doesn't appear to be the mother of the children mentioned. Edgar Alvin Boond married that wife in 1961.

Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8HJ-71N

Edgar with family in 1930

1930 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC3P-85V

SSDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTXD-Y6V

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Daughter "V" gets married 28 May 1977.

Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLHT-3LMD

https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/38D66C674CFCD052D9F3A797F0AAAC6D

Daughter "V" and her husband "DPH" have a boy on 27 December 1977. I guess we know why they got married.

Seattle Daily Times
December 28, 1977

Clip: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01pr7/
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Russell C Boond gets married in 1976 and divorced Dec 1979, but he and his wife have a baby girl 17 February 1979.

Married: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLHX-PPN2
https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/DD3FE0C054EF964B9EB065843D374F6C

Divorce: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLCW-6ZX4

Seattle Daily Times
February 18, 1979

Clip: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01pr8/

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Reginald J. Boond had some problems with the law in 1973 and given 4 years probation.

Seattle Daily Times
March 24, 1973

Clip: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01pr9/

Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179455005
Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: Relsearcher on Sunday 26 July 20 10:20 BST (UK)
Wow!  Great digging RJ137!!!  I will have to sit down and go through all the links slowly!!!  Thanks so much, Nina
Title: Re: Obituary for Roy BOOND 1974
Post by: tifacola on Monday 23 May 22 21:20 BST (UK)
This is my maternal family. Need help?