<> Photo From the Arizona Republic, February 23, 2011 Boyd, Virgil Edward Virgil Edward Boyd was born July 8, 1912 on a farm near Benton, Kansas. He was the youngest of nine children. The following year the family moved to Iowa, buying a farm near the small town of Blencoe. Virgil attended grade schools and high school in the Blencoe public schools, and was graduated in 1929. He enrolled at the American Business College in Omaha in the fall of that year, and was graduated in January, 1931. On March 1 of that year he began work in the accounting department of General Motors <http://www.legacy.com/legacies/general-motors/?personid=148809594&affiliateID=45> Acceptance Corporation. In 1937 he resigned from GMAC and became office manager and comptroller of the Omaha branch of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. In 1944 he was transferred to the Detroit home office as central office manager. In 1962 he resigned as Vice-President and Sales Manager of what had become American Motors Corporation and accepted a position as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing of Chrysler Corporation, with sales supervision over all automotive dificions of the company. In December of 1966 he was elected President of the company, and in 1970 Vice-Chairman of the Board. He retired in September 1972. He and his wife, Berniece, moved to Litchfield Park, AZ, where they resided for twelve years before moving to Sedona. While in Detroit he served on the Board of Trustees of the Grace Hospitals, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Alma College, and served on the Boards of Parke-Davis Drug Company and the Budd Company. He is predeceased by his wife of 70 years, Berniece, and is survived by a daughter, Sandra Ireland, of Lexington, KY, a son, Richard, of Windsor, CA, six grandchildren, and fourteen great grandchildren. He will be most fondly remembered by his friends and family as a master storyteller. He was a member of the Church of the Red Rocks in Sedona, AZ, a 33rd degree Mason of the Scottish Rite, and a member of the Shrine. The family requests that any donations you wish to make in honor of Virgil be made to a charity of your choice.

Are there any members of Virgil's family on this list. Or do an list members know his family? Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darlene Amark, Owner - FairWinds Travel" <fairwinds@earthlink.net> To: "Boyd Cousins" <BOYD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:46 AM Subject: [BOYD] Boyd Obituary ><> > Photo > From the Arizona Republic, February 23, 2011 > Boyd, Virgil Edward > > Virgil Edward Boyd was born July 8, 1912 on a farm near Benton, Kansas. > He was the youngest of nine children. The following year the family > moved to Iowa, buying a farm near the small town of Blencoe. Virgil > attended grade schools and high school in the Blencoe public schools, > and was graduated in 1929. He enrolled at the American Business College > in Omaha in the fall of that year, and was graduated in January, 1931. > On March 1 of that year he began work in the accounting department of > General Motors > <http://www.legacy.com/legacies/general-motors/?personid=148809594&affiliateID=45> > Acceptance Corporation. In 1937 he resigned from GMAC and became office > manager and comptroller of the Omaha branch of Nash-Kelvinator > Corporation. In 1944 he was transferred to the Detroit home office as > central office manager. In 1962 he resigned as Vice-President and Sales > Manager of what had become American Motors Corporation and accepted a > position as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing of Chrysler > Corporation, with sales supervision over all automotive dificions of the > company. In December of 1966 he was elected President of the company, > and in 1970 Vice-Chairman of the Board. He retired in September 1972. He > and his wife, Berniece, moved to Litchfield Park, AZ, where they resided > for twelve years before moving to Sedona. While in Detroit he served on > the Board of Trustees of the Grace Hospitals, Chairman of the Board of > Trustees of Alma College, and served on the Boards of Parke-Davis Drug > Company and the Budd Company. He is predeceased by his wife of 70 years, > Berniece, and is survived by a daughter, Sandra Ireland, of Lexington, > KY, a son, Richard, of Windsor, CA, six grandchildren, and fourteen > great grandchildren. He will be most fondly remembered by his friends > and family as a master storyteller. He was a member of the Church of the > Red Rocks in Sedona, AZ, a 33rd degree Mason of the Scottish Rite, and a > member of the Shrine. The family requests that any donations you wish to > make in honor of Virgil be made to a charity of your choice. > > > > _______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2011 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with > The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. Mike will be > returning to America to join us! Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be > interested in helping to plan it. > _______________________________________ > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd > Society! > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The > Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact Kevin > McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see > http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > ==================== > Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post. Make > sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe > mid-discussion? Visit the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk > for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message