Mrs. Catherine Boyd, age 105, living in Castine Maine, and formerly of Potsdam, NY, passed away on December 10, 2016, at the Orono Commons Nursing Home in Orono, ME. Arrangements are with the Garner Funeral Service. There will be no services at this time. Burial will be sometime in the Spring in Potsdam. Online condolences can be sent @www.garnerfh.com.
Catherine is survived by her son James (Fatu) Boyd of NYC, NY; daughters Ann (David) Jones of Castine, ME; and Kathleen (Shaun) Hubbard of Potsdam, NY; 8 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her husband James Boyd; brother Frank Smalec and sisters Frances McKenna and Sophie Bess.
Catherine was born November 13, 1911 in Seymour, CT, to the late Ignatz Smalec and Anna Brynniak. She attended schools in Seymour, CT. She was married to James P. Boyd in Westchester County, NY, in 1934. He passed away in Florida in 1992. She worked as a billing clerk on Long Island for Long Island Lighting Company prior to her marriage. She and her husband moved to Baldwin, LI, NY, in 1937 and it there was there that she raised her family until 1966. They then moved to Missouri until 1973 and then to Merritt Island, FL, until 1997, when Catherine moved back to New York and resided at Mayfield Apts. until last year.
Contributions in her memory can be made to Hospice in Potsdam, NY.
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