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Lorraine "Betty" Elizabeth Boyd, 77 of Bemidji, MN died Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at her home.

Memorial services will be at 11:00 am, Friday, August 19, 2016 at the First Lutheran Church in Bemidji, Minnesota. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at the Greenwood cemetery in Bemidji under the direction of the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji.

She was born August 11, 1938 in Barnesville, MN the daughter of Charles and Edna (Jennings) Schmidt. She and her family moved to Bemidji in 1948. She graduated from Bemidji High School in 1957. She went to Crookston for LPN schooling; graduating in 1958. She returned to Bemidji and worked for the Bemidji Hospital for 2 years. She met Bob Boyd in 1960 while he was home from the service. They married December 14, 1962 and settled in Bemidji. She started her in home daycare in 1978 and continued that for 8 years. She was employed at Campus Childcare and worked for 9 more years. After Bob's passing in 2001 she started subbing with Kelly Services as a substitute lunch lady. She was a member of First Lutheran Church, Bemidji Eagles Aerie and Bemidji Elks Club. She loved to dance and socialize but her passion was children.

She is survived by her sons, Michael (Jill) Boyd and Brad (Wendy) Boyd; daughter, Mary (Shem) Daugherty; 7 grandchildren, Brittani, Elizabeth, Kent, Tara, Dillon, Hannah and Lucas; great grandson Kohl; siblings, Charles "Eddie" (Toby), Marilyn, Duane, Roy (Josie), Ray (Jan), Martha and Jim; half-sister Marcella Marean and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Bob, son Darrin, brother Curt and sister Barb; and half-sister, Elaine Schmidt.

Honorary Casketbearers will be Betty's grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Sanford Bemidji Hospice or First Lutheran Church.

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