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Mary Frances Jones Boyd

Birth	:	15 Jul 1885 Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	30 Sep 1983 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.0828018, -79.7975006
Plot	:	Block 15 lot 35
Description	:	Brooklyn (IA) Chronicle; Oct. 5, 1983 FORMER DRAKE TEACHER BURIED AT BROOKLYN By Dix Hollenbaugh Courtesy Des Moines Register Mary Frances Boyd, of Des Moines, who introduced hundreds of students to foreign languages and hundreds of travelers to foreign lands, died Friday at age 96. She was born Mary Frances Jones, in Madison Township, the daughter of John W. Jones. She taught romance languages at Drake University in Des Moines, starting as an undergraduate assistant in about 1908 and continuing until her retirement in the 1950s. She was a professor of Spanish and also taught Latin, French and German. When... Read More	Brooklyn (IA) Chronicle; Oct. 5, 1983 FORMER DRAKE TEACHER BURIED AT BROOKLYN By Dix Hollenbaugh Courtesy Des Moines Register Mary Frances Boyd, of Des Moines, who introduced hundreds of students to foreign languages and hundreds of travelers to foreign lands, died Friday at age 96. She was born Mary Frances Jones, in Madison Township, the daughter of John W. Jones. She taught romance languages at Drake University in Des Moines, starting as an undergraduate assistant in about 1908 and continuing until her retirement in the 1950s. She was a professor of Spanish and also taught Latin, French and German. When most people would have been winding down a long career, Mrs. Boyd was starting a new one. Before she retired from Drake, she began organizing and leading foreign tours, drawing on her considerable language skills and lively interest in history, recalled Leland Johnson, retired dean of liberal arts at Drake. Tours to Mexico, where she held a big celebration of her 65th birthday, and the Holy Land were among the most frequent destinations. Boyd tours were a constant for 32 years. Although she could no longer accompany groups in the past few years, she was still arranging trips well into her 90s. Mary Frances was still traveling in her 80s, said Edna Bohlman of Des Moines, a longtime friend who had traveled with Mrs. Boyd. Her husband, John Boyd was blind when they married in 1918 and she became his eyes during his college and law school studies at Drake. They spent months studying European history before an extended trip abroad in 1930. John Boyd died in 1933 at the age of 43. She was a teacher in the Des Moines schools for 10 years and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Mus Sorority Red Cross, the American Association of University Professors and the First Christian Church. Mrs. Boyd, a resident of Heather Manor in Des Moines, died there. Graveside services were at the IOOF Cemetery in Brooklyn. She is survived by a sister, Mabel Iowa Robbins of Des Moines, who was a teacher at Lincoln High School, and several nieces and nephews. Source: http://iagenweb.org/cgi-bin/websearch/search.pl

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Mary Frances Jones Boyd's memorial is located at: Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, USA.
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Mary Frances Jones Boyd death on 30 Sep 1983 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 36.0828018
Longitude: -79.7975006

Family Members:

Parent

John Wesley Jones

(1840 - 1918)

Margaret “Maggie” Holmes Jones

(1853 - 1928)

Spouse

John J. Boyd

(1890 - 1933)

Siblings

Ira Jones

(1872 - 1880)

Fred Rayburn Jones

(1880 - 1943)

Joel Stewart Jones

(1883 - 1949)

Mabel Iowa Jones Robbins

(1891 - 1993)

Uriah Sylvester Jones

(1866 - 1877)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Green Hill Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0828018, -79.7975006

2. First Presbyterian Church Columbarium
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0813120, -79.7903470

3. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Columbarium
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0794100, -79.7912500

4. First Baptist Church Columbarium
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0750490, -79.8036260

5. First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0753600, -79.7878300

6. Lutheran Church of Our Father Columbarium
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0724983, -79.7922211

7. Saint Andrews Urn Garden
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0737120, -79.8203330

8. Saint Pius X Catholic Church Columbarium
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1042800, -79.7876100

9. Centenary United Methodist Church Columbarium
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0806270, -79.8258440

10. Ebenezer Lutheran Church Columbarium
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0691790, -79.8213800

11. Union Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0594500, -79.7908530

12. Guilford Park Presbyterian Columbarium
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1006200, -79.8176700

13. Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1091800, -79.7796600

14. Cone Cemetery
Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1098240, -79.7775520

15. Maplewood Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0734590, -79.7592567

16. Holts Chapel Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0759900, -79.7558600

17. Phillips Cemetery
Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1007900, -79.7591520

18. Starmount Presbyterian Church Columbarium
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0741530, -79.8412840

19. First Lutheran Church Memorial Garden
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0882290, -79.8435990

20. Christ United Methodist Church Columbarium
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0838680, -79.8448510

21. Saint Francis Episcopal Church Memorial Garden
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1157060, -79.8234040

22. Proximity Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0984000, -79.7523000

23. Greensboro Hebrew Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0501600, -79.8343200

24. Piedmont Memorial Park
Greensboro, Guilford County, USA
Coordinate: 36.0611000, -79.7497025