Burial will be in New Union Cemetery. Mrs. Boyd
was a homemaker, a clerk at JCPenney and worked with
her husband on the farm.
She was born Aug. 2, 1917, in Lincoln to Harvey
and Catherine Goeckel McCain. She married Walter
Sahs, and he died in January 1954. She married
Elwood Boyd in Lincoln on Jan. 23, 1955, and he died
Dec. 2, 1986
She is survived by three sons, William H. (and
Barb) Sahs of Lincoln, Ronald (and Peg) Boyd of
Lincoln and Thomas (and Jane) Boyd of Mapleton; one
daughter, Patsy (and David) Zgaga of Lincoln; 13
grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and five
great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one son, Steven
Boyd; three brothers; two sisters; and two
granddaughters. She was the last of her immediate
family
She was a member of the First United Methodist
Church, Abraham Shrine 100 of the White Shrine of
Jerusalem and Lincoln Chapter 351 of the Order of
the Eastern Star.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Research
Foundation.
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