Elbert Wray Boyd

Elbert Wray Boyd, 86, joined God’s heavenly Choir on May 7, 2021. He died at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Billings, Montana where he received excellent and compassionate care. He died of pulmonary insufficiency due to complications after a fall at home on April 30.

Elbert W. Boyd was born on January 11, 1935 in Nevada, Missouri, the youngest of five boys. He served in the U.S. Nany 1951-1955 and was a Korean War combat veteran. He married Mary Ellen George in 1956 and they had two children, Theresa and Earl. Elbert joined the San Francisco Police Department and graduated in the first academy clas...