Patricia Jane Boyd

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Waldron and Wright Township

Patricia Jane Boyd, Class of 1941

Patricia Jane (Boyd) Peebles of San Rafael, Calif., passed away June 1, 2009, at the age of 85. She was born May 25, 1924, in Waldron, Mich., the sixth child of nine, to Frederick M. and Sara (Black) Boyd. She married John H. Peebles of Hudson on Feb. 10, 1944, and moved with him to southern California in 1945.

Pat attended Western Michigan University and graduated with a history degree from California State University in Los Angeles after her children were grown. Pat played catcher for the Steel Products softball team after high school. She was involved with the PTA, Girl Scouts, the March of Dimes, and Little League while her son and daughter were growing up. She was also very involved with civic affairs and ran for the Temple City School Board. Pat was a voracious reader and worked in the public library and the travel business. She opened her own travel agency in 1977. Pat loved to travel and did so extensively to better advise her clients. She always went out of her way to make their trips the best they could be. In 2007, Pat and John moved to northern California to be near their daughter and her family.

She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Pat is survived by her husband, John Peebles, son Frederick (Vivian) Peebles of Temple City, Calif.; daughter Mary (James) Adams of San Rafael, Calif.; grandchildren Whitney Peebles, Julie Adams Jacobson, James Adams, and great-grandson Wes Peebles. She is also survived by her sisters, Mildred Cotter of Oxford, Ohio, Blake Shilling of West Unity, Ohio, and Betsy Jones of Hillsdale, Mich., as well as numerous nieces, nephews and their families.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Patricia Jane (Boyd) Peebles will be celebrated Monday, June 8, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Hillsdale, Mich., with Father Ioane Sigarara officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Jefferson Township. The family will receive friends for visitation on Sunday 3-5 p.m. at the VanHorn-Eagle Funeral Home in Hillsdale.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to a local library or to the American Lung Association.

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