Boyd, Frank A.

Frank A. Boyd, 94, longtime Iowa City businessman and developer, died Sunday, June 20, 2010, at Mercy Hospice. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, June 25, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Iowa City, with the Very Rev. Rudolph Juarez officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. at St. Patrick's, where a rosary will be recited at 3 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Catholic Community Foundation for Regina, St. Patrick's Catholic Church or Mercy Hospital Foundation for the Mercy Hospice.

Arrangements are with Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service.

Mr. Boyd was born Dec. 16, 1915, in Haskins, Iowa, the son of Patrick Henry and Deborah (Tobin) Boyd. He was reared in Washington, Iowa to the age of 15 and had resided in Iowa City since 1931. He graduated from St. Patrick's High School in 1934. He was united in marriage to Lucille Leeney on Feb. 4, 1942, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Iowa City.

Frank was self-employed as a co-owner of Boyd Rummelhart Plumbing and Heating which was established in 1946. He was a co-founder of City Electric Supply in Iowa City, City Electric in Ames, Contractors Tool and Supply in Iowa City, Plum Grove Acres Development, Washington Park Development, and Court Hill Development.

He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church since 1931 and a 50-year member of both the Knights of Columbus and the Iowa City Moose Lodge. Frank was highly involved in the Catholic education system in Iowa City: a member of the Bishop's Diocesan Advisory Board for several years, a co-chair of the original fundraising drive for Regina High School in the late 1950s and chair of the fundraising drive for Regina Elementary School in the late 1980s; served on the Hills Bank and Trust board of directors for many years, on the Mercy Hospital board of directors Advisory Board for 20 years, received the Ronald McDonald House Service Award in 1985, received the Economic Development Award in 1997 from the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce, served on the St. Joseph Cemetery Board for 30 years, and the Atrium Village board of directors for 10 years. He was past president of the Iowa Saddle Horse Association, was elected to the Iowa State Fair Hall of Fame in 1999 for his many years of raising and showing Hackney Ponies, and was named a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by the Diocese of Davenport on Nov. 21, 2002. Frank and Lucille Boyd were awarded the Outstanding Individual Philanthropists Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (Eastern Iowa Chapter) on Nov. 15, 2005, and Frank received Regina's first-ever Distinguished Honorary Alumni Award on May 27, 2007.

He is survived by his wife, Lucille; their two children, Robert Boyd and his wife, Judy, and Diane Boyd, both of Iowa City; three grandchildren: Kelly Boyd and his wife, Sloan, of Mill Valley, Calif., and their children, Ryan and McKenna; Casey Boyd and his wife, Nicki, of Iowa City, and their daughter, Taylor Nicole; and Molly Boyd-Strickland and her husband, Seth, of Breckenridge, Colo.; two stepgrandchildren, Adam Henn and his wife, Angela, of Greensboro, N.C., and their children, Natalie and Olivia, and Stephanie Henn of Charlotte, N.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and five siblings, Robert, Richard, Paul, George and Ellen Milisen.

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