Susan Weight Boyd

With deep sorrow we announce the passing of Susan Weight Boyd of Hillsborough, North Carolina, in Chapel Hill, NC, on July 13, 2025. Susan was born in Taunton, MA, to Duane Pack Weight and Virginia Lou Jepson on July 20, 1957. Susan was a kind, caring woman of faith with a deep desire to serve and nurture those around her. Her greatest joy in life was her family, and we all knew it. Whether road-tripping across town or across the country, watching an old movie she’d recommended for the group, muddling through a new game everyone else wanted to play, or just enjoying a good meal, Susan was always sincerely happy just being with loved ones, especially her children and later grandchildren. Susan’s genuine, unhurried, and uncomplicated approach to life and relationships, so rare in today’s fast-paced world, is a model for a meaningful, fulfilling life without much of the drama and anxiety of our day. As a child, Susan spent time in Palmdale, California; Arvada, Wyoming; Orem, Utah; Melba, Idaho; and Sanders, Arizona. As a teenager, she worked during harvest season picking corn on local farms. These experiences with small-town living throughout the Western United States no doubt sparked Susan’s love of mountains, cowboys, farms, and all things “country.” Throughout her life she could often be caught reading or watching Westerns, and in later years any trip to the mountains was a special treat. Early adulthood brought varied opportunities for work and school. In between working a summer at Mount Rushmore, serving a humanitarian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines Davao mission, and nannying for a family of three girls in New York, Susan studied at Dixie College in St. George, Utah, and then completed a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. One day shortly after college, Susan had her eyes examined by a young optometrist named David Boyd. David obviously knew a good thing when he saw it and, fortunately for him, he was later successful in convincing Susan to marry him. Susan and David were married on April 30, 1987, in the Manti Utah Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ. They enjoyed 34 years of marriage until David’s passing in early 2021. We rejoice in the knowledge that after four years apart, Susan has joined her husband in eternity by the grace and power of Jesus Christ. Those 34 years were mostly spent in Southern California, where Susan and David raised four children. They worshipped and served as a family in the Pasadena Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ, alongside many cherished friends. Susan devoted her time and attention to her cherished role in their home as wife and mother. Susan home-schooled all of her children at various points, putting her degree to its most valuable use in her estimation. Later in life, Susan and David moved to Wrightwood, California, an exciting mountain adventure (!) that brought yet more wonderful friends and experiences. Following David’s passing, Susan moved to North Carolina to be close to some of her grandchildren. A knock at the door was often followed by excited shouts of “Grandma’s here!” and the sounds of small feet racing to open the door for her. She was always mindful of all her family members, near and far, never missing an opportunity to shower them with gifts as a genuine display of her affection. She was especially fond of each of her beloved grandchildren. Susan also worked for a time at a local Bright Horizons daycare center and served in the nursery of the Hillsborough Ward of the Church in North Carolina. Susan is survived by her four children: Emily King (Chris) of Idaho Falls, ID; Theresa Richards (Robert) of Chapel Hill, NC; Juliet Tate (Brandon) of Gilbert, AZ; and Douglas Boyd (Maddie) of Idaho Falls, ID; her seven grandchildren: Everett, Macy, Eric, Clara, Lydia, Alice, and Josephine; and her sister Jo Cieslar of Parker, CO. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Boyd, and her brothers, Randal and David Weight. The family would like to sincerely thank all of the many friends of the Boyd family who ministered to and with Susan throughout the years, particularly those of the Huntington Ward, Wrightwood Ward, and Hillsborough Ward. A viewing and memorial service will be held on August 9, 2025, at 9:30 am at Serenity Funeral Home in St. George, Utah. Graveside services will immediately follow at Tonaquint Cemetery.

Susan Weight Boyd

July 20, 1957 - July 13, 2025