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The 1940 census shows that Dr. Boyd, between the time of the death of his first wife in 1938 and the <br />time of his remarriage in 1941, was living at 641 Main Street. Living with him were his mother, <br />Winneogene Boyd, age 71, and a housekeeper, Mabel Walsh, age 46. <br />Walter Boyd remarried in 1941 to Marion Lippert. The following photo from the Boyd family shows her <br />sitting in the front living area at 641 Main. The window behind her faces Pine Street and the front door <br />is out of sight, but would be to the right. This photo is believed to have been taken in 1941-42. <br />Dr. Boyd delivered many babies in Louisville and is particularly remembered for having suggested names <br />for them. One former resident has stated that his parents told him that Dr. Boyd named him "Robert <br />Louis" after one of the doctor's favorite authors, Robert Louis Stevenson. <br />Dr. Walter Boyd joined the US Army Medical Corps during World War II, and he and Marion Boyd left <br />Louisville. He served with the 10th Mountain Division and then in the South Pacific theatre with the 58th <br />Evacuation Hospital. <br />Dr. Walter Boyd died in 1974 in Greeley. Marion Boyd, who was born in 1911, died in 1975 in Greeley. <br />Dr. Leonard Becker Ownership. 1943 -1946 <br />The fourth and last doctor to live at 641 Main and have a medical practice there was Dr. Leonard Becker. <br />He and his wife, Lucille, are shown with the address of 641 Main in the 1945 and 1946 directories. <br />5 <br />