James P. Boyd, 82, of Forward Township, Renfrew, died Tuesday morning at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh.

Born in Bellevue, July 19, 1926, he was the son of the late Edwin P. and Mary Love Boyd.

He worked in the maintenance department for the Butler School District.

He was a member of St. John's Reformed Presbyterian Church in Meridian.

Surviving are his wife, Jeanette Vandevort Boyd, who he married May 6, 1954; two daughters, Janet E. Boyd and Judith A. Basinger and her husband, Stuart, all of Stafford, Va.; two sons, Daniel M. Boyd of Renfrew and Robert J. Boyd and his wife, Tamila, of Valencia; and two grandchildren, Sean and Stephanie Basinger.

He was preceded in death by a brother.

<B>BOYD </B>— Arrangements for James P. Boyd, who died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, are private and under the direction of the <B>McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home,</B> 238 Crowe Ave. Mars. Burial will be in the Mars Cemetery, Adams Township.Memorials may be made to the Moraine Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 830 Morton Ave., Butler, PA 16001 or to St. John's Reformed Presbyterian Church, 494 Evans City Road, Meridian Station, Box 30, Butler, PA 16001.Condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.