Leonard Francis Boyce was born on May 23, 1921, in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Agnes Moore, age 21, and George Reginald "Reggie" Boyce, age 28. He was baptized in Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Hoboken, NJ, probably in May of 1921. He had two sisters; Agnes and Marcella Boice. He had a good singing voice and sang in a local quartette. He married Stephaine R Pietrucha at the Saint Aloysius Church, Newark, New Jersey, on September 2, 1943, when he was 22 years old. He had enlisted in the US Army on Sept 16, 1940 at age 19. He went on to serve in the Army overseas during WW II. On August 22, 1944 his son, Leonard Francis Boyce, Jr was born. At some point after the birth of his son, he and Stephanie were divorced. He and Louise Matilda Dittmar, also of Hoboken, NJ were married in the Town of Pamelia, Jefferson County, New York by Justice Chester Paul, Mr and Mrs August F Tafel were their witnesses. They lived in Brownville, NY until 1963, where he was a Vestryman at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Brownville. Originally, they lived with Louise’s Aunt, Anna Lawler Tafel. She passes away in 1957. He had three children with Louise; Lois Ann, Linda Lee and Leonard William Boyce. Lenny play steel guitar a little and love Johnny Cash. In October 1963 the family moved to Watertown, Jefferson Co, NY where the couple had, had a grocery store, the Holcomb Street Market, since sometime in the 50s. After purchasing a home at 516 Holcomb Street the couple ran the grocery store together. They purchases a few horses, and eventually had a stable on outer Gotham St in Watertown, called Gotham Hill Stables. Lenny enjoyed horses and riding as he and Louise had ridden together when they were still in New Jersey and in NY before they had children. He had artistic ability and was good with math. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Watertown. On 29 Jan 1968, one day before his wife's 45th birthday and two months before his oldest daughter was to leave for England to study equestrianship, he left his family without a word. He had fallen from a horse the Sunday before and it was feared he had a head injury. That was not the case. Lenny left town and moved to Oceanside California. There he divorced Louise and married Gladys “Edith” Keen Adderley from Watertown, New York. Sometime during the early 70s (possibly 1972) he had his first heart attack. After his recovery, he visited Watertown (around 1974) and his saw his three children and met his first two grandchildren, twin boys, Scott and Eric Boyce, sons of his son Leonard William. He and his third wife separated at some time after this, around 1980. He tried to get his former wife, Louise to move to California to be with him, but she was not willing to leave her children and grandchildren who were in New York. He eventually reconciled with his wife and then passed away in Oceanside, San Diego, California, 2 OCT 1981. His ashes were sent to his oldest daughter to be buried with her at the time of her death. Along with his four children, one from his first marriage, and three from his second, he had three grandchildren; Scott, Eric and Rick Boyce of Watertown and Christopher from at the time of his death.