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Article: Jean W. Harris Boyce-Smith ; 'Lover of life in all its forms'
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- Concord Monitor
- Article date:
- October 8, 2009
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NAPA, Calif. - Jean Wentworth Harris Boyce-Smith died Friday,
Sept. 25, 2009, surrounded by love with her husband, her son and her
daughter-in-law by her side.
She battled declining health for the past four years, keeping her
promise to her family "not (to) go gentle into that good night." She
faced her death, as she had her life, on her own terms with quiet
courage and dignity.
She was born and raised in Concord, the only child of Harriet
Blodgett Harris and Charles Lester Harris. At 14, she met Walter
Howe Boyce at church. They married three years later, shortly before
he enlisted to fight in World War II. After graduation from Concord
High School, they moved to New York, he to attend ...