Boyd Oliver

Boyd G. Oliver passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Elk City, KS with Reverend Jason Petermann officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Walker-Brown Funeral Home. Boyd Gayle Oliver was born April 4, 1927 in Elk City, KS to Henry Arthur and Irma (McBrian) Oliver. He attended rural schools in Montgomery County, KS and the Elk City High School. He graduated from the school of Accounting at Oklahoma A&M Technical School in 1956. He was the Office Manager of the Hal Lassman Agency in Cherryvale, KS for five years. In October of 1961 he was appointed Justice of the Peace in Cherryvale and resigned that commission in 1962. He purchased an insurance and real estate agency in Independence, KS and operated the Boyd Oliver Agency until selling the business in 1978. He retained the real estate business and continued its operation while being employed as Office Manager of Central Insurance Agency in Coffeyville, KS. In 1989 he operated the Home and Farm Realty of Independence and closed the agency in 1993 prior to moving to Bartlesville. Boyd was a licensed Insurance and Real Estate Agent in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. He also prepared tax returns, working in that area until his death. On December 28, 1958 he married Barbara M. Stevenson-Morris in Cherryvale. They resided in Cherryvale until 1962 at which time they moved to Independence and then to Bartlesville in 1993. Boyd was a member of Christ Community Church of Bartlesville. He assisted in organizing several clubs for the handicapped and disabled. He was a member of the Service Corp of Retired Executives, Elks Lodge of Bartlesville, Toastmasters Club and the Fifty Five Plus Club and a former member of the National Association of Real Estate Appraisers. Boyd is survived by one daughter, Barbara Oliver and partner Jane Lambert of Remo, New South Wales, Australia; two sons; William Oliver and wife Kathy of Bartlesville and James Oliver and wife Gaylynn of Bartlesville. He was blessed with three grandsons, a special niece, Robin Reinarz of Bartlesville, numerous nieces, nephews and many friends. Boyd was preceded in death by his wife Barbara in 2004 and his parents, Henry and Irma Oliver, brothers; Clinton, Calvin, Noel and sisters, Henri Oliver and Bethrene Crowell. Memorials may be sent to: American Diabetes Association, 6600 South Yale Avenue, Suite 1310, Tulsa, OK 74136-3346 or American Lung Association, 1010 E. Eighth Street, Tulsa, OK 74120-9906.

Boyd Oliver

April 4, 1927 - August 8, 2013