Daughter of the late Norman Selby Boyd and Maude Ardel (Ingleson) Boyd; sister of the late Norma-jane (Boyd) Howarth; sister of Heather Ingleson (Boyd) Holmes; aunt to Rob and John Norman Howarth, Boyd, Gordon and Katherine Holmes; died September 16th, 2023 in Barrie Ontario at the age of ninety.
Selby was born in Toronto Ontario on September 2nd, 1933. She attended St. Mildred’s College Toronto for her grade and high school years and went on to the University of Guelph, Ontario, Macdonald institute.
She worked in banking and advertising, and after retirement she taught briefly at Seneca College before moving on to Mildmay, Ontario where she also did a time in advertising for the local paper. She retired permanently to Collingwood, Ontario. She was a former member of All Saints Anglican Church in Collingwood and long time on executive of the Collingwood & District Historical Society.
At her request there will be no service. Her ashes will be placed in the Boyd family plot at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.
A special thank you to Janet Gibson and Letitia Robertson, good friends to Selby, especially in these later years. Also, to Nurse “Jen” who was so kind taking care of her in the hospital in Barrie.
For those who would like to make an act of remembrance please consider donating to a charity of your choice or performing an act of kindness for someone in need.