Wanda Fern Boyd, 93, of Salinas, passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2016. She was born on August 25, 1922 in Gaston, Oregon. She graduated from John Vescel High School and then attended a training school for secretaries where she excelled at typing and short –hand. She married Turner Boyd on November 16, 1945 in Portland Oregon. Wanda enjoyed her job as a secretary at an Army base in Alaska and was proud of her ability to use a manual typewriter to make multiple copies of a letter using carbon paper, without mistakes. She also worked for many years at the local Salinas High Schools and still remained in contact with many of her former students. She is preceded in death by her husband Turner Boyd. She is survived by son Monty (Claudia) Boyd; daughter Beth (Walter) Fontes; son Danny (Olivia) Boyd; grandchildren Brad and David Boyd, Justin Fontes and Janell Fontes; great-grandchildren Christian, Gabriel, and Samuel Boyd, Max and Austin; nephews and nieces David and Patty Love, Don and Janet Wake.