Wanda Boyd

Wanda Boyd obituary

Wanda Boyd

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Aug

29

Graveside service

10:00 a.m.

Rivermonte Memorial Gardens

4500 S. Lone Pine Ave., Springfield, MO 65804

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Wanda Boyd Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home at Rivermonte on Aug. 27, 2025.

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Wanda Lou Freeman Boyd, 95, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away August 22, 2025. She was born July 13, 1930, to Enoch Emmit Freeman and Florence Rebecca (Umphres) Freeman. On December 1, 1949, she married Harold M. Boyd who passed away in 2022.

In addition to her husband, she was proceeded in death by her parents and her husband's parents, Sherman & Lillian Boyd, her sister, Mildred E. Whitlock, her brother, Adrien E. Freeman, nephews Donald Whitlock and Darrell Whitlock and infant niece, Rebecca Freeman.

She is survived by her sisters-in-law Jeanne Freeman and Mary Boyd, brothers-in-law Jim Boyd and Richard Boyd (Collette) and several generations of nephews, nieces, and cousins, and family friends.

Graveside service will be held on August 29 at 10:00 am at Rivermonte Memorial Gardens, Springfield.

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Upcoming Events

Aug

29

Graveside service

10:00 a.m.

Rivermonte Memorial Gardens

4500 S. Lone Pine Ave., Springfield, MO 65804

Send Flowers

Only 12 hours left for delivery to next service.