Katherine Cowden

MIDLAND - Services for Katherine Cowden Boyd of Midland have been set for 11 a.m. Monday at Ellis Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Stafney officiating.

Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park.

Mrs. Boyd died Friday at a local hospital. She was born May 23, 1911, in Dumbrees, Scotland. She married Harvey Boyd in 1941 in Bakersfield, Calif. He died in 1976.

Mrs. Boyd moved with her family moved from Scotland to Radville, Saskatchewan, where she was educated and received a degree in nursing. In the 1930s, she moved to the United States and worked at the Mayo Clinic. She moved to Bakersfield in 1939 and lived there until 1951 when she moved to Midland. She worked in several area hospitals prior to joining the staff at Midland Memorial Hospital in 1963. She retired in 1976 as the head nurse of the critical care unit.

Survivors include two sons, Bill Boyd and Kenneth Boyd, both of Midland; one daughter, Mary Kay Morris of Midland; Dorene Grest of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Ann Cowden of Radville; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Ellis Funeral Home of Midland is in charge of arrangements.