Joyce Kinnison Borden died at 12:30a.m. at the family home, 409 South Fifteenth Street, after an illness of almost a year.

He was born June 9, 1899, and was in his twentieth year.

He bore his afflictions with great fortitude, and his last words, were "I am ready to die".

He leaves to mourn his death, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Borden, five brothers and two sisters, Clyde, Glenn, Olan, Berthold, Wilford and Wilma, of Mt. Vernon, and Mrs. Arthur Griffen, of Sedalia, Mo., besides other relatives and a host of friends.

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Date: January 15, 1918
Submitted by: Ken Richardson