Ralph George Boyden

July, 17, 1923 – Dec. 12, 2023

Ralph George Boyden, born July, 17, 1923, in New York City, died of natural causes Dec. 12, 2023, at the Columbia Basin Hospital at the age of 96. His first four years were spent on his grandparents' farm in Illinois. It was a wonderful place to be. He rejoined his mother Francis Boyden and new stepfather Lester in St. Louis, Missouri for the remainder of his childhood. He was soon to become the oldest brother of three sisters Charlotte, Ellen Jean and Leslie. He did most of the child care, preparing him for a future of raising girls.