Carol Beck Boynton 1925-2021

Grandmother's funeral was held May 5, 2021 in Mesa, Arizona. The only real instruction she left was that there was to be no viewing, so her children and sister Bonnie gathered at the mortuary to dress her and see her for the last time on May 3rd. On May 4th, there was a family dinner and memory sharing at the church. Family gathered at the Mesa Cemetery at 8:00 A.M. in the cool of the morning for the dedication of her grave. We returned to the church for the memorial service.  The funeral was followed by a luncheon provided by Grandmother's ward Relief Society. That evening we and our children met in Scottsdale for dinner at the Cornish Pasty Company. The next morning we washed sheets, packed, and headed back to Maren and Gavins for the night. We departed early on the 7th and drove straight through to Provo. It feels good to be home.

Boynton/Taylor cousins at the "wake"

Some of the grandsons were pall bearers, the rest of the grandsons

and granddaughters were honorary pall bearers

Brigham and Evy on Grammy's lap

The flowers were beautiful

Evelyn Alta at the grave

The five Boynton siblings L to R: Rod, Kris, Mark

Matt, and Chip

With spouses

The cousins

Krisy and Dickie

The Life History by Dickie

Memories from Krisy

The serving line in the time of Covid

Mmmmmm! Funeral potatoes!

One Taylor table

Two Taylor tables

Boynton cousin's table

Family dinner in Scottsdale

Cousins

What started out as a two-week trip, lasted for a month. It was great to have all our kids with us for a couple of days, and to be with the Boyntons. I will be back at the first of June with a post for the rest of May, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.

April 2021: Family Time

Arriving back in Mesa, we were shocked to see how much Grandmother had failed during our week in Texas. Our plan was to stay until the weekend before going north to Peoria to spend some time with Maren and family. Just a couple of days after arriving at the Youngs', Mark called to say that Grandmother had passed away. We did a partial pack and returned to Mesa to help with planning and details. We stayed at her home with Rod and Vic and had some nice family time in spite of circumstance. Meeting with the Bunkers, we planned a somewhat unusual funeral for the 5th of May. I was charged with the obituary and life sketch, and Kris was to be a speaker, so we were busy writing for a few days. We began to sort through everything and discovered some great photos.

PHX approach: ASU: Grady Gammage (center top)

Maren came with us to Emerald Groves to say goodbye

Mark's family visiting Grandmother

The Youngs' new outdoor lighting in Peoria

Gavin cookin' up some shawarma

Back to Mesa and Tacos Chiwa with Rod and Vic

Clearing out Grandmother's rooms at Emerald Groves

Food trucks with the Marlpit-Hill Boyntons

Cornish Pasty Co. with Rod and Vic

Banoffee pie and sticky toffee pudding

Back to Peoria to pick up Kris's funeral dress that was

delivered there

Huevos rancheros at Adrian's: drool!

With Matthew

Delicious Italian dinner with the Boynton siblings

Going through treasures; Rod treated us

to pain au chocolat from AJ's

Grandmother's grapefruit spoons

A photo of Granddad Boynton from Guadacanal

Carol Beck at BYU

Grandmother's funeral was on Cinco de Mayo, and that will be the next post.

OXO

D.

April 2021: Escape to Texas

We flew from Phoenix to Texas for a quick visit with Debby. The visit, as it alway is, was filled with lots of visiting, movies and TV, good food, and a trip to the country. There was much less shopping this time, and that has its own rewards.

Straight from the Airport to Hillstone for lunch

KBT and DSDG

Downtown Houston on a misty, drizzly day

Sunday dinner with Hilary et al. joined by Katherine Thom

Katherine's baby is due June 4th

DELICIOUS French toast at Snooz

Buc-ee's, Texas's best and biggest gas station convenience stores

Wild flowers at Chapel Hill

Blue bonnets in bloom

Iconic Texas

Not sure what these are, but they are nice

Indian paintbrush

DELICIOUS chicken-fried steak at The Republic Grille

Clever British sitcom in the movie room

Lunch at Jasper's in Market Street

Dinner with the Browns

Hilary's photo of Dickie and Krisy

View of Hobby Airport from 10,000 feet

After a pleasant week in Shenandoah, we took a Lyft to Hobby Airport and headed back to Arizona for a couple of busy weeks. More about that in the next post.

OXO

D.