Deruelle Barr Boyd was born on 5. Sep. 1902 at Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He married
Ila Mae Thayer, daughter of
Albert Robert Thayer and
Sarah Ella Wall, on 18. May. 1927 at Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa; Marriage Record Buena Vista County Courthouse: Ila Mae Thayer to D. B. Boyd May 27,1927.
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Page: 94. Deruelle Barr Boyd died on 15. Dec. 1985 at Methodist Manor, Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa, at age 83. Services for Deruelle Barr Boyd, 83, of Nemaha were held Tuesday, Dec.17 at the United Methodist Church, Early, with the Revs. Gary Bird and Robert Lemmerman officiating. Burial was in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Alta, under the direction of the Farber and Otteman Funeral Home, Storm Lake, Iowa.
Boyd Died Dec. 15,1985 at the Methodist Manor , Storm Lake. Deruelle Barr, the son of Audley and Martha Mondorff Boyd, was born Sept.5,1902 at Mercer Co. Penn. On May 18,1927, he was united in marriage to Ila Mae Thayer at Storm Lake. He was a mechanic at the Ford garage, later in partnership with Bill's City Service Station, Storm Lake, and then farmed in the Nemaha area until retirement.
Boyd served on the Storm Lake fire department, Administrative Board and Board of Trustees if the Early United methodist Church, Delware Township Trustee, Farm Bureau board of directors, and was a school bus driver for the Hayes Community and Crestland Community School.
Preceding him in death were his parents, one daughter, Dorothy Mae; two grandchildren, three sisters, Amelda, Beulah and Marion and four brothers, Andrew, Charles, David and John. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Marcellus (Marion) Wernimont of Rembrandt, Mrs. Nobert (Elise) Kacmarynski of Linn Grove and one Son James Boyd of Early; 29 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. He was buried on 17. Dec. 1985 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa.