Gloria Boyd

Gloria Boyd

Gloria Boyd transitioned on Saturday February 27th. She was born in Fair Haven, New Jersey. She attended Fair Haven schools and graduated from Rumson-Fair Haven High School. After graduating from high school, she was employed as a clerk at New York Telephone Company. She worked her way up the ranks and received promotions to several management positions. She retired from the telephone company after 37 years of service.

Gloria was a highly active member of Saint Thomas Episcopal Church. She served on the vestry as the financial secretary. She was also a member of Saint Monica's guild, as well as the altar guild. She always arrived for church to help organize the post service coffee hour.

Gloria loved to travel and enjoyed visiting the islands of the Caribbean. She was an avid fan of jazz and often attended live jazz club concerts in New York City and Asbury Park, NJ.

Gloria had a great sense of humor and enjoyed a good joke and a good laugh. She always had a smile, and she was a positive influence on all that she met. Gloria always had a way of making people feel as if they were important and they mattered.

Gloria is survived by her sister Pat in Florida a brother Roland Boyd, Jr. who also lives in Florida several nieces and nephews, as well as many friends. She had several nieces and nephews that she loved greatly and treated very kindly. She was a mother to all of them. She was predeceased by her mother Teresa, father Roland, brothers, Clifford, Benjamin, sister Mabel Cureton and brother-in law George Cureton. She will be deeply missed.