Diana Doll Logan Boyd

Diana Doll Logan Boyd died on Friday, March 15th, 2024 at the age of 86 at her home in Towson, Maryland. Diana was born in Mt. Vernon, New York on September 13,1938 to Howard and Doris (née Hoffman) Logan. Diana was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Peter S. Logan. She is survived by her beloved husband of 59 years, Gary Delane Boyd, her son Eric Logan Boyd and his wife Letitia Boyd, her daughter Cynthia Melinda Boyd and her husband Gregory Lucas and five beloved grandchildren: Heather Boyd, Alexander Boyd, Graham Lucas, Liam Lucas, and Jane Lucas. Her love for all of her family was the joy of her life.

Diana graduated from the Spence School in New York City in 1956 and matriculated to Wheaton College, in Norton, Massachusetts, graduating in 1960. A math major, she was intrigued by the new opportunities offered up in computers, introduced to her by dear friends from Wheaton. Her career as a computer programmer in research at Bell Telephone Laboratories went from punched cards to PCs. She was a pioneer who contributed to both the Multics and Unix operating systems, work which now forms the basis of the modern Internet. She met her husband Gary at Bell Labs and was married in 1964.

A resident of Rumson, New Jersey for 50 years, Diana made many lifelong friends there. She loved to read, watch the birds on the Navesink River, and watch her children and their friends ski, sail, and laugh. Diana and her husband Gary moved to Towson, Maryland in November of 2018, to be closer to her daughter Cynthia and family.

Diana was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Rumson till her death. Diana will be remembered for her strong faith and dedication to the Church. As a member of the Historic Committee, she enjoyed helping the church—built in 1886 by the famous architect Thomas Hastings—obtain National Landmark Status. Diana enjoyed genealogy, finding relatives that included a sea captain running a life-saving station called Crisp Point on Lake Superior. She loved travel, including fondly remembered trips to Scotland, Michigan, Maryland, Ireland, Alaska, California, and anywhere to visit the “three B’s” - friends she adored from Wheaton. She especially enjoyed visiting Scotland, the land of her ancestors, and felt very fortunate to attend two women’s retreats on the sacred Isle of Iona.

More than anything, Diana cherished her children and grandchildren. She loved and was devoted to them, never forgetting a birthday or special occasion. She adored spending time outside looking at the Navesink River with her grandchildren and reading and doing puzzles and games with them. She spent countless hours looking at creatures that they found swimming in the Navesink River and watching them play with the blocks, cars, legos, and a dollhouse that she had saved for them. Diana always went to see her beloved oldest grandchild Heather performing ballet in Michigan and loved seeing her grandson Alex playing soccer and the viola. Diana adored exploring the Navesink, Sandy Hook and the Highlands with Graham. Diana cherished visits to see Liam playing the saxophone in Maryland, playing the videos of his performances on repeat, and watching him in the water and on playgrounds. Diana experienced great joy reading with Jane and sharing the dollhouse furniture and toys she had saved from her own childhood with her.

A memorial gathering to remember Diana will held at Blakehurst, 1055 West Joppa Road, Towson, Maryland in the Homewood Hopkins Room on Friday March 22nd, 2024 from 4 pm to 7 pm. There will be a brief blessing and celebration of life at 4:30 pm, with guests welcome to stop by at any time.

A church service celebrating Diana’s life will be held on May 21,2024, at the First Presbyterian Church of Rumson, New Jersey, at 9:15 am in the sanctuary. The family will welcome friends immediately following the service in Wilson’s Hall.

Inurnment will be private at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.

The family would like to extend our gratitude to the caring teams at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Tender Care Nursing Agency, Blakehurst, and Stella Maris Hospice who helped care for Diana.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Diana’s name to the First Presbyterian Church of Rumson. Donation checks may be mailed to First Presbyterian Church of Rumson NJ, PO Box 399, Rumson NJ 07760 or online donations may be made by using the link below .