OSAGE CITY, Kan. – Ashley Wayne Boyd, 82, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, at Midland Hospice Care, Topeka, Kan. He was born Jan. 14, 1943, in Aiken, S.C., the son of Ashley and Lizzy (Smith) Boyd.
Wayne grew up in South Carolina and then moved to Kansas. He had lived in or near Osage City, Kan., since 1977.
Wayne worked as an ironworker in industrial construction through most of his working career. He had worked at Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant.
On March 10, 1967, Wayne was united in marriage to Ruth Churchwell, in Columbia, S.C. To this union two sons were born, Cherokee and Richard.
Wayne was preceded in death by his stepdaughter, Velvet Eargle; parents, Ashley and Lizzy; two brothers, Donnie Boyd and Howard Boyd; sister, Barbara-Ann (Boyd) Cosnahan; and a granddaughter, Ashleigh Boyd.
Wayne is survived by his wife, Ruth, of over 58 years; two sons, Cherokee Boyd, of Estes Park, Colo., and Richard Boyd, Silver Lake, Kan.; stepdaughter, Cindy Martin, Elgin, S.C.; sister, Shelby Giacobone, Bath, S.C.; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at Feltner Funeral Chapel, Lyndon, Kan. Family will receive friends following the service. Burial will be in the Burlingame Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to Midland Hospice House, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. Condolences can be left at feltnerfuneralhome.com.
