They gathered in the meeting room of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance to remember Howard Boyd. About 40 men and women, mostly outdoor types, dressed in varying layers of flannel and corduroy and hiking shoes with thick, molded soles.
The room was dressed in Pinelands’ artwork. A somewhat garish life-sized model of the Jersey Devil, a bat-winged dragon version, was off in one corner, but the walls were lined with sublime, color photographs of Pinelands wildflowers from a collection called "Intimate Details" by Patricia S. Worley.
In rugged Pinelands fashion, the room’s overhead rafters are exposed and unfinished; raw wood for a rustic place. In rugged Howard Boyd fashion, the memorial service was nothing fancy. In fact, there was no service at all. Just a bunch of friends, telling stories one at a time, in front of a buffet table of homemade food.
"Howard stipulated he didn’t want a public event," said Carleton Montgomery, the executive director of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance and one of many who were mentored by Boyd. "So we kept it informal."
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The room was dressed in Pinelands’ artwork. A somewhat garish life-sized model of the Jersey Devil, a bat-winged dragon version, was off in one corner, but the walls were lined with sublime, color photographs of Pinelands wildflowers from a collection called "Intimate Details" by Patricia S. Worley.
In rugged Pinelands fashion, the room’s overhead rafters are exposed and unfinished; raw wood for a rustic place. In rugged Howard Boyd fashion, the memorial service was nothing fancy. In fact, there was no service at all. Just a bunch of friends, telling stories one at a time, in front of a buffet table of homemade food.
"Howard stipulated he didn’t want a public event," said Carleton Montgomery, the executive director of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance and one of many who were mentored by Boyd. "So we kept it informal."
http://blog.nj.com/njv_mark_diionno/2012/03/di_ionno_nj_pinelands_expert_i.html