This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EDCRF Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.king/7165.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Seattle Daily Times Friday Evening, June 27, 1919 Page 35, Column 7 Daily Statistics Deaths Mrs. Gracia Boatz, 37, 2901 Fourth Avenue West, June 24. ========== The Seattle Daily Times Friday Evening, January 23, 1920 Page 31, Column 8 Deaths And Funerals Boatz. In this city, January 22, 1920, Minnie Boatz, aged 49 years, beloved wife of Joseph J. Boatz, 2901 Fourth Avenue West. Body at private receiving room of Home Undertaking Company, Ninth at Union. Announcement later. ========= The Seattle Sunday Times Sunday, May 2, 1920 Page 22, Column 7 Marriage Licenses Joseph J. Boatz, legal, Seattle and Mrs. Lilla Young, legal, Seattle. ========== The Seattle Daily Times Thursday, October 29, 1925 Page 3, Column 4 Brother of Mrs. Neal Tracked Fugitive Couple to Hiding Place in Minneapolis "I'll find Joe Neal, mother, if it's the last thing I do." So declared Guy Whitcomb, brother of May Neal now with her husband in the county jail, when he left Seattle June 25. "Cut a little, but I've put Joe Neal where he belongs." This laconic telegram, received by Mrs. Lilla Boatz, 2910 Fourth Avenue West, his and the girl's mother, completes the story of the capture of the two Bon Marche robbery suspects brought back to Seattle yesterday from Minneapolis, where they had fled while under heavy bond awaiting trial here. Today this mother sees her daughter for the first time since the girl fled from Seattle last June with the man who, the mother says, "has dragged my daughter down with him to ruin." The details of the capture, effected by May's brother bent on revenge against Joe Neal, were revealed today by Mrs. Boatz. "I knew definitely the day before they left that they planned to leave," said Mrs. Boatz in her Queen Anne Hill home. "I urged her not to jump bond and called up Prosecutor Colvin and warned him. But they left the next day before they could be stopped. Then came the search by Guy, May's brother, working alone. He went east to Minneapolis where the fugitives were believed to have fled. Then he worked in the fields of North Dakota, later returning to Minneapolis. How he found the Neals there, Mrs. Boatz does not known, but a knife battle with Joe Neal in the Neals' apartment revealed the fugitives to the authorities. Mrs. Boatz talked with her daughter in the King County Jail this afternoon. She refused, however, to see or talk to her son-in-law. ========== The Seattle Daily Times Sunday Morning, November 1, 1925 Page 31, Column 3 Mothers Try to Comfort Mrs. Boatz, Whose Daughter Is Held for Bon Marche Robbery Touched by the motherly love with which Mrs. Lilla Boatz, 2901 Fourth Avenue West, mother of Mrs. May Neal, held with her husband, Joe Neal, for complicity in the Bon Marche $22,000 robbery, has been trying to protect and comfort her daughter, many Seattle mothers have written their sympathy and expressions of comfort to Mrs. Boatz, she said yesterday. Mrs. Boatz's efforts to stick to her daughter have been repulsed by Mrs. Neal, who, despite her mother's wishes, has announced her intention of remaining steadfast to her husband. The Neals were arrested in Minnesota after they broke bond here and fled. "I hope that the prayers of many Seattle mothers shall go out to urge strength for you and your daughter in your time of need," said one of the letters received by Mrs. Boatz. It was signed "A Seattle Mother." All of the letters express understanding and sympathy with the mother and the hope that her mother love will be rewarded. ========== The Seattle Daily Times Monday, January 24, 1938 Page 10, Column 5 Bride-Elect Miss Maxine Wilma Boatz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Boatz, whose engagement to Mr. Joseph Van Senus has been announced. The wedding will take place in the early spring. ========== The Seattle Times Sunday, September 12, 1948 Page 21, Column 2 Obituaries Mrs. Lilla Boatz Funeral services for Mrs. Lilla Boatz, 79 years old, of 2901 Fourth Avenue West, will be held in the Arthur A. Wright & Son Chapel at 2 o'clock Tuesday, followed by cremation. Mrs. Boatz, who had lived in Seattle 30 years, died in a hospital Friday after a long illness. She was born in Winona, Minnesota. Surviving are three sons, Emery W. Whitcomb, Minneapolis; Everett C. Whitcomb and Guy H. Whitcomb of Seattle; a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Swan, Wallace, Idaho; a step-daughter, Mrs. Joseph Van Sennue, Seattle; two brothers, John W. Hill, Edmonton, Alberta and Ray Hill, Los Angeles; a sister, Mrs. Theodore Kincaid, Los Angeles and seven grandchildren. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.