Land Of The Buckeye
Donald L. Boyd (1923-2008)
Donald L. Boyd (1923 - 2008)
Dad at age 3 months with his mother. Leona Ardys (Munsinger) Boyd was 1/64 Native American, by descent from the Delaware Indian mother of John Preisz/Price. The characteristic black hair and eyes were expressed in both Ardys and my father. I wish I had a photo of Ardys' mother, Mary E. Smith, in her youth, who was 1/32 Native American, but I don't -- I suspect she was black-haired also.
Same day. with his father.
His parents' home in Ames, Iowa.
Probably summer of 1925 (age 2+).
About 1932, in the uniform of the day.
Summer 1939
Circa 1938-39
Dad was a photography enthusiast, including adapting a darkroom in the basement of the family home. This was either an early version of a "selfie", or else he had his father take it, about 1941.
High school senior photo, 1941.
Donald Sr. and Donald Jr., circa 1940.
Dad and his brother Jim, late 1940s. Dad earned his pilot certificate after returning from WW II service.
He had a double major, both and math and physics.
Their first Christmas together, 1949.
1961 Christmas card made by Olive. Peggy, Don, Mary, Jim, Libby, and Dave.
Wedding of sister Libby and Jess Persinger, July 5, 1980.
Jim, Dave, Don, Mary, LIbby, and Peggy about 1980 at the farm.
Children of Donald and Olive, about 1997. Jim, Mary, Don, Libby, Dave, and Peggy.
Dad, late-1980s or so.
November 27, 1999, celebrating my parents' 50th anniversary. Dad, Dave, Mom, Jim behind Mom, Libby, Mary, myself, and Peggy.
Dad's first cousin David M. "Mike" Boyd (son of his uncle Dick Boyd), Dad, Mom, Mike's wife Verlaine. About 1998.