Alice Virginia [Barnhouse] Boyd 1917-2011

BARNHOUSE, BOYD, GEORGE, PREMER, FAUST, BARRETT, MILBY, ARNOLD, STARMER, EVANS

Posted By: Curtis (email)
Date: 4/14/2011 at 23:04:08

DEATH NOTICE:

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa April 6, 2011)

BOYD, ALICE VIRGINIA, 93, of Mount Ayr, Iowa (formerly of Grand River, Iowa), died on Monday, March 28, 2011, at her home. Funeral Services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2011, at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa, with Rev. Terry Roberts officiating. Burial was in the Grand River Cemetery, Grand River, Iowa. A memorial fund has been established for HCI Care Services in Mount Ayr, Iowa.

Obituary -

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa April 6, 2011)

ALICE VIRGINIA BOYD ... Alice Virginia Boyd, daughter of Raymond and Florence Barnhouse, passed away at home, at the age of 93, on March 28, 2011 with her family by her side. Alice was born July 23, 1917 in Hatfield, Missouri where she grew up with her 6 brothers and sisters. She graduated from Hatfield High School in 1933. She married Robert Curtis Boyd on January 11, 1936 in Bethany, Missouri. They spent most of their years on the farm south of Grand River, Iowa; living on their farm where she enjoyed being a housewife always cooking, gardening and taking care of her children. Later, they would spend several winters in Yuma, Arizona. They moved to Mount Ayr, Iowa in 1965. Alice lived in Mount Ayr for the next 46 years where she enjoyed her many friends and family. She enjoyed her many bridge clubs which she participated in until just recently. She will always be remembered for her beautiful quilting.

Alice was preceded in death by her parents Raymond and Florence Barnhouse; husband Robert C. Boyd; sisters Marjorie Barnhouse, Bonnie George; brothers Verdon Barnhouse and Francis "Hank" Barnhouse.

Those left to cherish her memory include her son, Jan C. Boyd and wife Barbara of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas; daughters Sandra A. Premer of San Carlos, California an Kathryn A. Faust of Mount Ayr, Iowa; sister Junetta Barrett of Roswell, Georgia and brother Hugh Barnhouse of Hatfield, Missouri; 9 grandchildren Shawn & Jennifer Boyd of Richmond TX, Megan Premer of Anchorage, Alaska, Marcy & Terry Milby of Pacifica, California, Mary & Randy Arnold of Ankeny, Iowa, John & Sheila Starmer of Prole, IA, Dennis & Ginger Evans of Little Rock, AR, Steve Faust of Des Moines, IA; great grandchildren Chase, Peyton, Hunter, Nolan, Clare, Liam, Bryce, Chloe, Gavin, Heather, Philip, and Sara; several nieces nephews and cousins.