Francis M. Boyle, 89 passed away on September 21, 2014, at Good Samaritan Medical Center. He was the son of the late Hugh and Johanna Boyle and a Native of Brockton. He graduated from Brockton High School, class of 1943. Mr. Boyle attended Boston University, Amherst University and graduated from Mass. Radio School in Boston. He served in the United States Army at Fort Knox, KY. He married the late Mildred Norman of Randolph, MA and had one son, Kevin Norman Boyle.
He entered the US Postal Service in 1959 and made it his career serving in many positions and he retired as Postmaster of Bryantville, MA. He married Virginia Norton of Foxborough, the widow of the late Leo Norton in 1988. The couple resided in Brockton, East Dennis, Oak Point in Middleboro and most recently at the Pond Home in Wrentham. They wintered for many years in Northport, FL.
Mr. Boyle loved horses and at one time owned three of his own. His other passion was flying and he rebuilt a Schweitzer 233-A and flew it out of Cape Cod. He was a member of the Soaring Society of Cape Cod. He was a member of American Legion Post # 35 of Brockton for 61 years and served in the Color Guard for 25 years. He was a member of the Oak Point Veterans Association. He was a former member of the South Shore Voiture 693 of the 40/8. Mr. Boyle belonged to the National Association of Postal Supervisors and the National Association of Postmasters. He was a world traveler.
He is survived by his beloved wife Virginia, his son Kevin, and his step children Joanne McLaughlin, Mary Peterson, Richard Norton, Clare McNamara and Donna Miller. He was the beloved grandfather of Meghan Boyle Enos, Shaina Boyle, Patrick and Timothy McLaughlin, Daniel, Sarah Kate and Jennifer Peterson, Marta, Louis and Sylvia Norton, Philip McNamara and Alicia, Matthew and Jeremy Miller. He was the proud great-grandfather of Oliver McLaughlin and Katelyn Enos.
Visiting Hours will be held in the Conley Funeral Home, 138 Belmont Street (Rte 123) Brockton, Wednesday 4-7pm. The funeral procession will gather at the funeral home Thursday at 9:30am for a funeral Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 10:30am. Burial in Pine Hill Cemetery. Donations in his name may be made to the Pond Home Garden Fund, 289 East Street, Wrentham, MA 02093.