Kathy Ann (Thompson) Boyd McCarty, age 74

August 19, 1946 – May 10, 2021

of Greencastle, Indiana, formerly of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 7:28 PM – Monday, May 10, 2021, at the Hendricks Regional Hospital in Danville, Indiana.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 AM – Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Newton, Illinois, with Fr. Dean Probst officiating.  Arrangements are under the care of the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton, Illinois.  The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at www.meyerfh.com .

Kathy was born on August 19, 1946, in Effingham, Illinois, the daughter of Jim and Betty (Dilman) Thompson.  She was a 1964 graduate of Newton Community High School and retired in 2011 as an accounts payable clerk from Herff-Jones Corp. in Indianapolis.

Kathy is survived by:

Son – William Todd (wife Margaret) Boyd of Poughkeepsie, New York

Grandchildren – Meaghan Boyd of Nashville, Tennessee and Michael Boyd of Poughkeepsie, New York

Brothers – Robert Thompson (Jan) of Oxnard, California and Jack Thompson (Marge) of Sainte Marie, Illinois

Sisters – Barbara Thompson of Newton, Illinois and Jude (Bill) Volk of Wakefield, Illinois

Several nieces and nephews also survive

Kathy was preceded in death by her husband of 21 years, Mike Boyd, along with her parents and a brother Jim Thompson.

In lieu of flowers the family has requested that donations be made in her memory to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) at

www.jdrf.org OR to The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia at www.nashvilledominican.org/giving/