Saturday, February 1, 2014

Sad News

I received word last night that Robert Boyd, aka Bay Bob or Hog Santa has died.
ROBERT WAYNE "BOB" BOYD, 67, Lusby, MD, Born: 11/11/1946, Died: 01/29/2014

Robert Wayne "Bob" Boyd, 67 of Lusby, MD passed away on January 29, 2014 at this residence. He was born November 11, 1946 in Weirton, WV to the late Walter Boyd and Mary Dunay Boyd. Bob married his beloved wife Ellen on June 20, 1970.

Bob is survived by his wife, Ellen L. Boyd of Lusby, MD; his son, Tim Boyd and his wife Cheyenne of California, MD; siblings, Walter Boyd of Crescent City, CA, Richard Boyd and his wife Judy of Nineveh, IN, Mary Ann Thorne of Richmond, OH and Jean Tinstman of Pittsburgh, PA and two grandchildren.

Ceremony Details: The family will receive friends at the Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 20 American Lane, Lusby, MD on Sunday, February 2, from 2:30-4:00 PM, where a prayer service will be held at 4:00 PM with Father John Mattingly officiating. Mass of Christian burial will be offered at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 90 Alexander Lane, Solomons, MD on Monday, February 3, at 11:00 AM with Father Marco Schad officiating. Interment will take place at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD on Tuesday, February 11, at 2:00 PM with military honors by the U.S. Air Force. Should friends desire contributions may be made in Bob's memory to Calvert Hospice, P. O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678. "Donations are encouraged on-line at www.calverthospice.org"
Bob was a fellow local  fisherman and former Air Force Officer, who has been a member of some of the marine conservation groups that I was, so I knew him casually.   We were also involved in a few message boards together, and he began a Blogspot blog a few months after I did.  You'll find his blog "Santa's Sleigh" still listed under "Friend's Sites" on the right side, and an entry for him under "baybob."

He has been in ill health for some time,  and while I don't know all the details, I know that he had been on kidney dialysis for a long time.

Fair winds and following seas, Bob.

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