Ida Boyd Obituary

Ms. Ida was one of the dearest soul´s that I have ever met in my life. she lived in Crestwood Village retirement community for approximately seven years and my parents and Miss Ida´s homes were attached. They became very good friends. My father had the gift of gab and always came over and spoke to Miss Ida about four years after my father had passed, my mother developed dementia. My sister and I spent a great deal of time with our mom because she was unable to be left alone or to care for herself miss Ida would come over some afternoons and would just come over and sit and reminisce with my mom and my mother truly enjoyed Miss Ida´s company. she was spiritual she believed in her God she was kind she would give anyone the shirt off of her back if she had to give or had the pleasure of giving she was just that kind of lady absolutely first class miss Ida & I started spending so much time over there & became close. She was like a grandmother to me with so many helpful ideas as to how to deal with my mom .My sister and I knew nothing about dementia and she gave us so many helpful hints that really helped get us by that two years we ended up having to sell my mother`s home approximately a month before my mom passed away unfortunately we had to put her into a facility which we prayed would never ever happen. We wanted to care for her till the end, but Miss Ida sat me down one day and talked to me with some more wonderful advice and told me that my sister and I have been doing this by ourselves for two years that we were going to end up sick because we never took time to breathe. She told me she had never seen two daughters step up and care for a mother the way we did. She praised us the praise that she gave us went a long way in our lives and I still cherish all the amazing in site that will last us a lifetime. as she was aging, she truly spoke to my sister and I about both sides of the story how we feel that we want to care for our mom. This side told us our parents would be very proud at how we stepped up and handled it all. But on the other hand she truly felt that my mom and dad would not have wanted our lives to change so drastically to care for them. I am incredibly thankful to have been born into a family that you care for each other till the end and stay very traditional. Miss Ida, the love you showed our family will never be forgotten we adore you. We love you and I know how I had days that I would just come to your house and cry and just say Miss Ida help me I need you to talk me through something and you did. You gave me so much strength in the two years that we lived at my mom`s house most of it. I don´t know how I would´ve done it without you and for that I am so immensely thank you for making some of our very long days a little bit shorter with new ideas and creativity. You will be so missed you´re an incredible woman and I know God saved a very special place in heaven for you We love you miss Ida. May you rest peacefully. I will miss you. I will miss our conversations, our laughs & giggles and especially when there were times I said things that may have been a little out of line and you would just laugh so hard an say " oh my Tracy what am I going to to with you? and she would just put her hands up in the air. She was so wonderful to all my small grandchildren, and there were many of them that would come over when I was caring for my mom or my daughter was trapped in a little one floor small home with two little bedrooms and they would help with my mom and they would go in the back room and just color and they never once complained Miss occasionally would send some snacks over for the children and they just got the biggest kick out of that and not just because of that they loved to miss Ida they would draw her pictures in the evening and go scotch tape them to her door so she would see him in the morning when she woke up, she got quite a kick out of many of the letters, and I would like to think later in life we brought Miss Ida, some joy to her home. miss Ida I love you may you be given eternal peace?

I have so many fond memories of Aunt Idie. Being with her for so many years and watching her embroider such beautiful panels for quilts for the Michael family reunion was incredible. Her work was always so beautiful.
I´ll miss her. May she rest in peace.

Penny, I´m sorry to hear about your mom´s passing. Prayers for you and the family.