Born in Morristown, NJ, in 1953, I grew up in Boonton as the youngest son of Frank and Ruth Boyd. I have two older brothers, the Reverend Doctor Jeffrey Boyd, an Episcopalian Minister and Psychiatrist living with his wife Maureen and son Mathew in Connecticut and John Boyd, a Doctor's Assistant living with his wife Sonja overseas in Slovenia. My mother, Ruth Boyd, passed away recently in December 2008 after a brief illness. My father, Frank Boyd, passed away in 1990.
Here is a streaming video of my mother, Ruth Boyd, talking about her life. Highspeed Internet is recommended to play the video. The video has been divided into two parts and both parts are available below.
Part 1:
Part 2:
This is one of five houses my
father built. Photographed here just after a snow storm,
I grew up here at 510 Reservoir Dr. on the corner with
Sherman Street and across the street from the Jersey
City Reservoir woods. In later years, my room was the
window in the upper right. Another angle of the same house. This is snapshot of my son,
Christopher Ryan Boyd, taken in 1978. Chris was born,
grew up and still lives in San Antonio, Texas. He
frequently visited my parents in Boonton in his younger
years, after his mother and I were divorced. My mother and father with two
grand-children, my brother Jeff's daughter, Felicity, on
the left front, and my son Christopher in the middle
front. The two cousins, Christopher Boyd
and Felicity Boyd, having fun in the car during a visit
to Boonton, NJ. This is my family in the 21st
century, after leaving my life as a Hare Krishna
devotee. On the left is my step-daughter, Leanna Marie
Bluhm, and on the right is my wife, Charlotte (Shelly,
aka Jeanne) Boyd, posing at Niagara Falls, New York.
And here's another one of our 2,971 famous quotes:
A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for. - Juvenal
My maternal grand-father, Wilfrid
Beech, was born in Lancaster, England. This photo with my
grand-mother, Helen Beech, was taken in 1939. Wilfrid passed
away before I was born. This is a photo of my mother, Ruth Boyd
(still living at 94 years old) and my father, Francis
(Frank) Boyd. I am presently making a documentary film about
my mother's life. This is a colorized photo of my mother
and my two older brothers. The little boy on the right is
the Reverend Doctor Jeffrey Boyd and the baby on my mother's
lap is John Boyd, PA, both graduates of Brown University. Here are all three boys, from left to
right, Wayne, Jeff and John, with the family dog. As a child (that's me front and center)
we would embark on frequent long hikes in the Adirondack
Mountains. My mother says I didn't like the hiking, but I
remember it fondly now! Here I am playing with someone's pet
monkey at Eaton Lake in the Adirondacks. At age 18 - Marriage to my first wife
in 1972 to Gloria Medina.
