Howard "Butch" Boyd

Howard Harvey "Butch" Boyd, Jr., 73, of Cape Girardeau, MO died Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at his home. He was born September 16, 1940 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Howard Harvey and Zelma Myra Gilkison Boyd Sr. He and Patricia Ann Rudert were married January 1, 1961 at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel in Cape Girardeau. He graduated from Cape Central High School in 1958. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Viet Nam War era. He joined U.S. Naval Reserve on his 17th birthday and upon high school graduation, served 6 years active duty aboard 3 Navy destroyers in the Operations Department assigned to navigation duties, and an additional 26 years as a Naval Reservist, after being promoted to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Commissioned as a Chief Warrant Officer in 1980. Butch graduated from Northeast Missouri State University in 1972 with a degree in Law Enforcement and Corrections. He joined the Cape Girardeau Police Department in January of 1970 and served as a training officer, administrative assistant to the Chief of Police, swat team commander, internal affairs officer, director of field operations, and Chief of Police from 1988 until retirement in 1996. He graduated FBI National Academy, 102nd session, September of 1976. Employed as director of security at Southeast Hospital from 1996 until December 2006. Mr. Boyd was a member of VFW Post 3838 in Cape, American Legion Post 63 in Cape, and the FBI National Academy Associates. Some of his significant assignments include: Commanding Officer Mobile Mine Assembly Group 2218 at Subic Bay, Republic of the Phillipines, Instructor Nuclear Weapons Training Group at the Pacific Naval Air Station in North Island, San Diego, CA, Boarding Officer, Military Sea Lift Command at Port Canaveral, Florida. Assigned as a Technical Observer, Seal Team Six, Naval Amphibious Base in Little Creek, VA. Survivors include : Wife - Patricia Ann Boyd, Cape Girardeau, MO Son - Paul Howard (Dee Dee) Boyd, Sikeston, MO Son - Michael Timothy (Elizabeth) Boyd, Fenton MO Grandchild - Jared Michael Boyd, Sikeston, MO Grandchild - Emily Elizabeth Boyd, Sikeston, MO Grandchild - Benjamin Michael Boyd, Fenton, MO Grandchild - Zachary Michael Boyd, Fenton, MO Brother - Stephen T. (Martha) Boyd, Scottsdale, AZ Sister - Judith Ann Zettl, Saint Louis, MO He was preceded in death by his parents and a grandchild, Paul Jacob Boyd. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2014 from 4:00PM to 8:00PM at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.. Funeral service will be on Friday at 1:00PM at the funeral home with the Rev. Barry Pfanstiel officiating. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau with military rites conducted by the Missouri Honor Guard. Memorial contributions may be given to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or to Southeast Health Hospice. Ford & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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Howard "Butch" Boyd

February 18, 2014