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CHRISTENA (TENA) BOYD
Born: Oct 14, 1936
Date of Passing: Nov 03, 2025
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryCHRISTENA (TENA) BOYD
Christena (Tena) Boyd passed away peacefully, after a battle with cancer, at the age of 89 on Monday, November 3, 2025, at her home in Winnipeg, surrounded by family.
Tena was born on October 14, 1936, to Roderick and Laura (Ley) Morrison in Boisdale, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She was the fourth of 13 children; Maryanne, Susan, Martin, Charlie, Joanna, John, Jim, Bert, Malcolm, Florence, Beatrice, Laureen, and Gregory.
She is left to mourn by her husband, Alexander Boyd, and her children: Sandy (Anne) Boyd, Laura (James) Fergusson, Andrea (Brent) Mackie, Maureen (John) Wright, Lauchie (Karen) Boyd, Peggy Boyd (Claire), and Ian (Linda) Boyd and her much beloved twenty-two grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by son Douglas in 1965.
Tena graduated high school in Iona school and began teaching at age 16 in Morristown. She carried this love of knowledge and early childhood education throughout her life.
She married Alexander Boyd in 1956. They soon moved to Montreal, and then Cranberry Portage before settling in Winnipeg in 1965. When Ian started school, she went to university. With her degree in hand, she taught at both Holy Ghost School and St. Charles Academy. She left teaching for a while to run a family-owned grocery store. In 1984, she returned to her life’s passion of teaching and children by establishing the Academy Kids Daycare with her daughters.
Summers after retirement were spent on the hill in Lakevale, Nova Scotia, overlooking the sea and Cape Breton, greeting a steady flow of family and friends. It was there she planted her roses and enjoyed feeding the birds. Genealogy was important to her: she researched and wrote the Boyd family history for the first family reunion in 1992.
Granny was an intelligent woman who was well read. She kept up on current events and enjoyed spirited discussions with her family on Sunday mornings after Church. Her favourite conversations were the ones where everyone was talking and laughing, and listening was optional! Her iPad kept her connected to friends and family and she was quick to remind her grandchildren to post pictures so she could share them.
She loved generously and, although she had her own large family, she added family in every community she belonged to. Her home was always open, there was always a seat at the table and she greeted anyone who came through with compassion, care, love, and a quick quip.
In her own words, “Cape Breton was home, everything you needed to know about life, you learn in Boisdale.”
Funeral Service will take place at St. Charles Catholic Church, 320 St. Charles St., on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 08, 2025
Condolences & Memories (7 entries)
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Our sincere condolences to the entire Boyd family on the passing of your wife, mother, and grandmother. - Posted by: Marvin Lee (Neighbor and friend) on: Nov 20, 2025
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So sorry for your loss, Laura and family. Our deepest condolences hugs and prayers for you all. - Posted by: Tracie Grancich (need Parkes) (High school friend of Laura's) on: Nov 19, 2025
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Dearest Alex and Family Just heard about Tena's passing. Such sad news, Such fond memories from when she taught at Lakevale with Faye Gillis. Enjoyed our visits in the summer when we would visit their lovely place on the hill in Lakevale. Always enjoyed the conversations with her and Alex. She left a wonderful legacy with so many grandchildren and great-grandchildren Our heartfelt Condolences. Big hugs to Alex RIP Tena, you will be missed. Glenn and Betty Clarke - Posted by: Betty Wallace Clarke (Friend) on: Nov 19, 2025
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Laura I am very sorry for your loss. Your mom sounds like a true family patriarch. Please extend my condolences to your entire family. It is clear she will be greatly missed but your memories will keep her in your hearts forever. - Posted by: Brenda Therrien (Mitchell) (High school friend) on: Nov 14, 2025
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My condolences to Alex and the entire Boyd family over this sad loss of Tina, an incredible woman and much loved by all. I attended school with Sandy and we, the Fraser family lived in the other brick house just one block north of your lovely home at 400 St. Charles St. What a legacy Tina has left with so many grandchildren and great- grandchildren to carry her memory forward. Her love of education and helping others is really special to recall and read about again. Her selflessness and energy to inspire generations to come is remarkable. May her memory always be for a blessing. - Posted by: Karen Fraser Brook (neighbour formerly at 400 St. Charles St. (now Victoria, B.C. for 40 years)) on: Nov 12, 2025
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My condolences to the Boyd family of the loss of a wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all who knew her. - Posted by: Dan Montagnon (Her son Sandy was a friend when we were younger.) on: Nov 08, 2025
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Your Mom sounds like a person worth knowing ! A life well lived and many good memories to sustain you all ! Sorry for your loss Joan Greenlay - Posted by: Joan Greenlay (Friend to Andrea) on: Nov 08, 2025
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