Boyle, Walter Douglas Long, Sr.
appeared in Glenview Announcements, 14 Jun 2012, p. 23B
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1924-03-24
Spouse: Ann Peterson and Joan Riley Buehler
Survived by: His wife, Joan; three sons, Harold Lauren Boyle II, Douglas Kane Boyle and Walter Douglas Long Boyle Jr.; a daughter Janna Cecile Greenwell; three stepsons, Marty Buehler, Carl Buehler IV and Jay Buehler; seven grandchildren, Lauren Ashley Boyle, Addison Riley Bolye Greenwell, and Morgan, Carl Michael, Martin Jr., Grace Riley and Claire Buehler; a great-granddaughter, Jeleh Lauren Yazdani; a brother, John William Robert Boyle; two nieces, Jami-Ross Wilkerson Avent and Lisa Girouard; a nephew, Dewey Guy Wilkerson Avent
Age 88; resident of North Carolina; born in East Orange NJ to Harold Lauren Boyle and Alma Long Boyle; grew up in Lockney TX before moving to Illinois; member of Troop 13 Boy Scouts in Kenilworth, graduate/officer of New Trier Class of 1942, member of swim team; attended Marion Military Institute in Marion AL, enlisted in U.S. Marine Corps, graduated from boot camp, platoon 57 in 1943, accepted into Marine Raiders, served as Marine officer during WWII and in Korea Conflict, graduate of Armored School at Ft. Knox, Amphibious Warfare School at Quantico VA and Chemical, Biological & Radiological Warfare School in Maryland; graduate of U. of California in Berkeley, member of Beta Beta (senior honor society), Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Skull & Keys Honor Society; attended graduate school at Cornell U., graduated from Oliver Wendell Holmes Leadership School in Washington D.C.; managed stores for W.T. Grant Company, President of RH Macy Shopping Center and officer in shopping center associations in suburban Chicago; CEO of Walt Boyle Stores for 15 years; Senior Vice President of Consolidated Companies in Cleveland OH; married wives Ann in 1953 and Joan in 1965; preceded in death by his first wife, Ann, sister, Anne Cecile Wilkerson Fain and nephew, John Boyle Wilkerson
Cemetery: Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie IL - Date of Publication
- 14 Jun 2012
- Date Of Event
- June 5, 2012
- Last Name(s)
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Boyle
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
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