Boyd Funeral Home Recent Obituaries: Services & Contact Guide

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Marion, Ohio obituary & funeral-service guide

Find Boyd Funeral Home Obituaries, Service Times & Marion Contact Details

Searching for Boyd Funeral Home recent obituaries? The strongest current search match is The Boyd Funeral Home, Inc. in Marion, Ohio. Start with its official obituary page, search the person’s name, then open the individual memorial to confirm visitation, funeral, burial, flowers and other current details.

Reviewed September 30, 2026 β€’ Marion, Marion County, Ohio β€’ Independent source-navigation guide

Quick Answer: Start With Boyd’s Official Obituary Page

1

Recent obituary

Use Boyd Funeral Home’s official All Obituaries page and search the person’s full or partial name.

2

Service details

Open the individual memorial for visitation, funeral, graveside, flowers and tribute information.

3

Certified record

Use Marion Public Health when you need a certified Ohio death certificate rather than an obituary copy.

4

Older obituary

Use Marion Public Library’s local-history, obituary-file and newspaper collections.

Important name check: several unrelated funeral homes across the U.S. use the name β€œBoyd Funeral Home.” This page primarily covers The Boyd Funeral Home, Inc., 122 W Columbia St, Marion, Ohio 43302. Check the city before sharing an obituary, sending flowers or travelling.
Official obituary search

How to Find Boyd Funeral Home Recent Obituaries

Boyd’s Marion website has an official obituary-search page with month navigation, a partial/full-name search box and A–Z last-name browsing.

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Open Boyd’s official All Obituaries page. Start with the funeral home’s own listing rather than a copied obituary directory.
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Enter the person’s name. Try the full name first. If nothing appears, use only the surname or a partial spelling.
3
Browse by month. Use the monthly navigation when you know approximately when the death or notice occurred.
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Use the A–Z surname filter. This is useful when the first name or spelling is uncertain.
5
Open the individual obituary. Compare name, age, relatives, community and service details before assuming you found the correct person.
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Recheck before attending. If travel is involved or the service is soon, call Boyd Funeral Home to confirm the final schedule.
If the name is missing: try a nickname, maiden name, middle initial, spouse’s name or a wider month. Some families also choose delayed publication or no public obituary.
Useful Boyd feature

Get New Boyd Funeral Home Obituary Alerts

Boyd’s official website provides an obituary email-list option so readers can follow new notices without manually checking every day.

Obituary email list

Use the β€œJoin Obituary Email List” option available from Boyd’s obituary pages.

Grief-support emails

Boyd also offers an optional year of daily grief-support messages through its website.

Verify the Correct Person Before Sharing the Notice

Check Why it matters Pause when…
Full name Marion-area searches can show people with similar names. Middle name, nickname or surname is different.
Age or dates Separates a new obituary from an older notice. Age or birth year clearly conflicts.
Relatives Spouse, parents, children and siblings are strong identity clues. No close relatives match.
Community Boyd may serve Marion and nearby Ohio communities. The obituary is tied to an unrelated state or city.
Funeral home There are several unrelated Boyd Funeral Homes nationwide. The page is not the Marion, Ohio Boyd Funeral Home you intended.
Service venue A church or cemetery can provide another identity clue. The venue conflicts with what the family told you.
Do not announce a death from a search-result snippet alone. Open the full obituary and confirm the person through Boyd Funeral Home or another reliable first-party source.
Official Marion contact

Boyd Funeral Home Marion Ohio Address & Phone

The Boyd Funeral Home, Inc.

122 W Columbia St
Marion, OH 43302

Phone: 740-382-2115

The official contact page says families may call at any time of day, any day of the week, for immediate assistance.

Before you visit

  • Confirm the person’s full name.
  • Confirm visitation and funeral times.
  • Check whether the service is at Boyd, a church or another venue.
  • Confirm cemetery directions separately.
  • Ask about accessibility needs before arrival when necessary.
Accessibility: Boyd’s official history says the building has been updated for ADA access, including accessible bathrooms and a lift to reach its selection room.

What Services Does Boyd Funeral Home Offer?

Boyd’s official services page describes several arrangement choices rather than one fixed type of funeral.

F

Funeral service

Traditional or personalized funeral services with family and friends present.

M

Memorial service

A memorial may be held shortly after death or later, with or without an urn present.

B

Burial

Options can include viewing, funeral-home or church service, private service and graveside service.

C

Cremation

Cremation may be paired with a traditional funeral, memorial service, burial or another memorial choice.

Livestreaming

Boyd says technology at the funeral home allows it to livestream funeral services when arranged.

Pet services

Boyd’s website includes a separate pet-services section for families needing pet memorial information.

Permanent memorialization

The funeral home provides memorialization and merchandise information through its official site.

What to Check on an Individual Boyd Memorial

Visitation

Check the date, start time, end time and exact venue.

Funeral service

Do not assume the funeral begins immediately after visitation.

Graveside service

Copy the cemetery name and address separately before travelling.

Flowers

Use the flower route connected with the correct obituary only after verifying the person.

Tribute wall

Assume messages are public. Do not post private financial, medical or identity information.

Service changes

If travel is involved, call the funeral home shortly before leaving.

Boyd Funeral Preplanning: What the Official Site Offers

Boyd provides a pre-arrangement section and online pre-arrangement form for people who want to document funeral preferences before a death occurs.

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Open Boyd’s Pre-Plan page. Review the funeral home’s explanation before entering personal information.
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Write down your preferences. Consider burial or cremation, service type, religious or cultural needs, music and memorial wishes.
3
Ask what is guaranteed. Separate planning wishes from any financial contract or prepaid agreement.
4
Keep copies. Store signed documents where family or an executor can locate them.
Marion Public Health route

Need a Certified Death Certificate Instead?

An obituary is useful for public memorial information, but it is not certified legal proof. Marion Public Health handles death-certificate services in Marion.

Marion Public Health Current information What to do
Death certificate fee $25 per copy Confirm fee before payment.
Card payment Additional $2.50 card fee Check current accepted payment methods before visiting.
Walk-in hours Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Check holidays or closures before travelling.
Online orders VitalChek route available Start from Marion Public Health’s official page.
Local holdings Marion County deaths from 1954-present Use historical resources for older local research.

Marion Public Health Vital Statistics

181 S Main St
Marion, OH 43302
Main phone: 740-387-6520

Certified record vs. obituary: use the certified death certificate when a bank, insurer, court, estate professional or government office requires legal proof.
Older Marion obituary research

How to Find an Older Boyd or Marion Obituary

Marion Public Library’s local-history collection is useful when an obituary is too old for Boyd’s current website or when you need newspaper confirmation.

Obituary files: 1985–2009

The Library’s Local History Room has obituary clipping cards from Marion County newspapers, organized alphabetically by surname.

Marion Star microfilm

The Library’s collection includes historical Marion Star issues on microfilm.

Local newspapers

Additional Marion County newspaper holdings can help when a notice was published outside the Marion Star.

Vital-record material

The local-history collection includes historical Marion County birth, marriage and death research material.

City directories

Directories can help confirm an address, spouse, occupation or business before searching a newspaper.

Genealogy research help

The Library offers genealogy guidance and local-history research assistance.

Marion Public Library

445 East Church Street
Marion, OH 43302
Phone: 740-387-0992

How to Confirm Marion Cemetery Information

Individual Boyd obituaries may list burial or graveside information. One local cemetery associated with Marion services is Marion Cemetery.

Marion Cemetery

620 Delaware Ave
Marion, OH 43302

Confirm the exact grave, section, service time and visitor information with the cemetery or funeral home before travelling.

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Open the correct obituary. Confirm the person before copying burial information.
2
Copy the cemetery name exactly. Do not assume every Boyd service uses Marion Cemetery.
3
Confirm the address. Graveside services can be in another community.
4
Ask for grave-location details. Section, lot and grave information may require direct cemetery contact.

How to Verify an Ohio Funeral Home or Funeral Director

Ohio’s eLicense system includes licenses issued by the Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Use it when you need independent state verification.

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Open Ohio License Look-Up. Use the state database rather than relying only on a business directory.
2
Select the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. This narrows the search.
3
Search the business or professional name. Use minimal fields if an exact search returns no result.
4
Compare status and location. Make sure the result is the Marion provider or professional you intended.

Funeral Price Rights Before You Agree to Pay

Federal funeral consumer rules give families important pricing and service-choice rights.

Ask for the General Price List

Use it to compare individual services rather than focusing only on a package total.

Ask for prices by phone

Under the FTC Funeral Rule, funeral providers must give price information over the phone when asked.

Separate third-party costs

Ask which amounts are funeral-home charges and which are cemetery, obituary, clergy, crematory or other outside costs.

Save the itemized statement

Keep the final selections and prices with receipts and other estate records.

Local assistance

When a Family Cannot Afford Burial or Cremation

Ohio has local-government processes for indigent burial or cremation in qualifying cases. Eligibility and responsibility depend on the person’s circumstances and jurisdiction.

Practical first step: tell the funeral home as early as possible if there may be no funds for disposition. Ask which township, city, county or other local office should review the case before assuming assistance is available.

Do not wait until after payment

Local assistance can have approval and documentation requirements. Ask before signing a contract based on expected reimbursement.

Keep documentation

Save the funeral contract, death information, estate/resource information and any local-government correspondence.

Marion County veteran help

If the Person Was a Veteran

Marion County families can contact local Veterans Services and review federal VA burial and memorial benefits.

Marion County Veterans Services

220 E Fairground St, Suite 101
Marion, OH 43302

Phone: 740-387-0100

Gather discharge records

Locate the DD-214 or other discharge documentation early when military honors or burial benefits may apply.

Check federal benefits

Depending on eligibility, VA benefits can include burial allowance, military honors, burial flag, government marker and cemetery benefits.

Flowers, Guestbooks, Payments & Livestream Safety

Flowers

Use the flower link connected with the correct Boyd obituary. Confirm the person before paying.

Guestbook

Assume tribute-wall messages are public. Do not post private medical, financial or identity details.

Online payment

Start from Boyd’s own website before entering payment information. Do not trust an unexpected payment link sent by message or email.

Livestream

Use only a stream linked by Boyd, the church or another family-authorized source.

Fraud warning: if someone unexpectedly asks for urgent payment to view a funeral livestream, release remains, reserve a seat or obtain service details, call Boyd Funeral Home directly at the official phone number before paying.
Avoid the wrong funeral home

Other Funeral Homes Also Named Boyd

The name is not unique. If the obituary you need is not connected with Marion, Ohio, check the city before continuing.

Boyd Funeral Home β€” Los Angeles, California

11109 S Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90044

Phone: 323-756-8391

Official Los Angeles Boyd site

Boyd Funeral Home β€” Lonoke, Arkansas

207 E Second Street
Lonoke, AR 72086

Official Lonoke Boyd site

Other Boyd Funeral Homes

Additional unrelated providers use the Boyd name in other states and cities.

Always match: city + state + phone + official website before sending flowers, paying or travelling.

After You Find the Obituary

  • Save the official Boyd obituary URL.
  • Write down visitation, funeral and cemetery details separately.
  • Call when two sources show different times.
  • Ask whether the funeral home reported the death to Social Security.
  • Order certified death certificates only when an institution actually requires them.
  • Check Veteran benefits early when military service applies.
  • Keep receipts, certificate orders and benefit correspondence together.

Common Boyd Funeral Home Search Mistakes

Wrong Boyd location

Fix: add β€œMarion OH” before clicking an obituary or contact page.

Using a Google snippet

Fix: open Boyd’s complete obituary and verify the person.

Assuming obituary = death certificate

Fix: use Marion Public Health when certified legal proof is required.

Sending flowers to the wrong family

Fix: confirm the full name and service before ordering.

Trusting an old service time

Fix: call before travelling when the service is soon.

Ignoring local archives

Fix: use Marion Public Library for older notices not found online.

Related RecentObituaries.info Guides

Obituary Search & Recent Notices Guide

Search by name, city, funeral home, newspaper, cemetery and date.

Death Certificate & Vital Records Guide

Know when a public obituary is not enough for legal use.

Funeral Costs & Consumer Rights

Understand price lists, itemized choices and payment protections.

Veterans Burial & Memorial Benefits

Check VA burial allowance, flags, markers, honors and cemetery benefits.

Official Sources Used for This Guide

Boyd Funeral Home β€” All Obituaries Official name search, monthly browsing and A–Z obituary navigation. Boyd Funeral Home β€” Contact Official Marion address, phone and immediate-assistance information. Boyd Funeral Home β€” Services Funeral, memorial, burial and cremation information. Boyd Funeral Home β€” Pre-Planning Pre-arrangement information and online planning form. Marion Public Health β€” Death Certificates Current fee, office guidance and local certificate information. Marion Public Library β€” Genealogy Local newspapers, obituary files and historical research resources. Ohio eLicense β€” License Look-Up State license-verification route for funeral professionals. Federal Trade Commission β€” Funeral Rule Funeral pricing and consumer-choice protections.

Boyd Funeral Home Recent Obituaries FAQs

Where can I find Boyd Funeral Home recent obituaries?

For The Boyd Funeral Home, Inc. in Marion, Ohio, use the official All Obituaries page. It supports partial or full-name searching, month browsing and A–Z surname navigation.

Which Boyd Funeral Home does this guide cover?

This guide primarily covers The Boyd Funeral Home, Inc. at 122 W Columbia St in Marion, Ohio. Other unrelated Boyd Funeral Homes operate in places including Los Angeles, California and Lonoke, Arkansas.

What is Boyd Funeral Home’s Marion Ohio phone number?

The official Marion Boyd Funeral Home website lists 740-382-2115.

What is Boyd Funeral Home’s Marion Ohio address?

The official address is 122 W Columbia St, Marion, Ohio 43302.

Can I call Boyd Funeral Home after normal business hours?

Boyd’s official contact page says families may call at any time of day, any day of the week, for immediate assistance.

Can I get new Boyd obituary alerts?

Yes. Boyd’s official obituary pages provide an option to join its obituary email list.

Does Boyd Funeral Home offer cremation?

Yes. Boyd’s official services page describes cremation as one of its arrangement options, including services before or after cremation and several memorialization choices.

Does Boyd Funeral Home offer preplanning?

Yes. Boyd has an official pre-arrangement section and online form for documenting funeral preferences in advance.

How much is a death certificate in Marion Ohio?

Marion Public Health currently lists certified birth and death certificates at $25 per copy. Check its current payment information before ordering.

Where can I find old Marion Ohio obituaries?

Marion Public Library’s Local History Room has obituary files, historical newspapers, Marion Star microfilm, directories and other genealogy resources.

How can I verify an Ohio funeral home or funeral director?

Use Ohio eLicense and choose the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Search the business or professional and compare current status and location.

Does Boyd Funeral Home provide livestreams?

Boyd’s official history says the funeral home has technology that allows livestreaming of funeral services. Confirm availability for the specific service with the funeral home.

Where is Marion Cemetery?

Marion Cemetery is at 620 Delaware Ave, Marion, Ohio 43302. Confirm the cemetery named on the individual obituary before travelling.

What should a Veteran’s family in Marion County check?

Contact local Marion County Veterans Services and review federal VA burial and memorial benefits. Gather the Veteran’s DD-214 or other discharge documentation before applying.

Can a family choose not to publish an obituary?

Yes. Not every death has a public obituary. Families may choose private services, delayed publication or no public notice.

Before You Share, Travel or Pay

  • Confirm that you mean Boyd Funeral Home in Marion, Ohio.
  • Search Boyd’s official obituary page before relying on a copied listing.
  • Confirm the correct person with name, age, relatives and location.
  • Recheck visitation, funeral and cemetery details before travelling.
  • Use Marion Public Health when certified legal proof is required.
  • Use Marion Public Library for older obituary and newspaper research.
  • Use Ohio eLicense when funeral-professional verification is needed.
  • Ask for price information before agreeing to funeral services.
  • Check Veteran and local burial resources early when applicable.
  • Keep medical, financial and identity information out of public tribute walls.

RecentObituaries.info is an independent source-navigation guide. It is not Boyd Funeral Home, Marion Public Health, Marion Public Library, the State of Ohio, a cemetery or a government benefits office. Verify final service, record, payment and benefit information with the organization responsible for it.

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