Boyington Family History & Genealogy

MEREDITH ALVAH (BOYINGTON) FISHER, DISNEY was the wife of Raymond Arnold Disney, an elder brother to Walt Disney. She was the Mother of Charles Elias Disney and Daniel H. Disney. She had previously been married to Charles W. Fisher. The family resided in Southern California for many, many years. Meredith was the co-founder of LodeStar Pictures, an independent feature film financing enterprise with offices in Hollywood and Burbank, CA. Meredith also taught in the second grade in a grammar school for several years. She also worked for The Kansas City Times newspaper. She first met Raymond when her very close friend Edna Francis, who also worked for The Kansas City Times in Kansas City, Missouri, introduced Meredith to Raymond Arnold Disney at a church dance. Later, Edna married Roy Oliver Disney, a younger brother to Raymond. Later, it was brothers Walter Elias Disney and Roy O. Disney who first established the Disney Bros. Animation Studios in Hollywood that later became and is now known as The Walt Disney Company. Meredith's husband Raymond owned his own insurance company in Los Angeles for many years and he handled all of the insurance needs for brothers Walt and Roy when they first established their Animation Studio and as their enterprises continued to grow and to flourish! Meredith was also an accomplished musician who played the piano and violin and she was a lyricist and music composer. She was actively involved with raising funds for the construction of the new Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and The Walt Disney Concert Hall, both located in downtown Los Angeles. She was always committed to privately helping others and she literally gave numerous people automobiles and she paid off the mortgages for numerous families she had learned were in such dire need of assistance, people who were really hurting, and people she usually never personally would ever know! In her own words, she said: "God knows the names of the people I might have assisted and I always believed my good fortunes were always intended to help others!" Meredith was an all-out advocate for children and she believed in what her Catholic Faith taught regarding abortion, and that every life was precious from conception to natural death. And she would qualify this belief with an all-out: "Period!" Meredith passed away on February 2, 1998 as the result of an auto accident that also seriously injured both of her sons. Her Roman Catholic Mass of Christian Burial was held on February 14, 1998 in her home parish of Our Lady of Malibu in Malibu, California. His Eminence Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, the Archbishop of Los Angeles, was the main Celebrant for her Mass. She was then entombed in the Holy Redeemer Chapel in the Risen Christ Mausoleum in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in Culver City, California. Close family and friends served as Pallbearers including Roy E. Disney, Ron W. Miller, Robert and Richard Sherman, Elmer Bernstein, Peter O'Malley, Charlton Heston, David Nelson, Michael Jackson, Merv Griffin, the Rev. Dr. Robert H. Schuller and the Rev. Father Edward M. Foster. Her funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Callanan Family Mortuary in Hollywood, California.

Gregory Boyington of Fresno, Fresno County, CA was born on December 4, 1912, and died at age 75 years old on January 11, 1988.

Ralph C Boyington of Houlton, Aroostook County, ME was born on December 24, 1920, and died at age 90 years old on March 26, 2011.

William E Boyington of Owasso, Tulsa County, Oklahoma was born on January 23, 1917, and died at age 69 years old in July 1986.

William E Boyington of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on February 27, 1922, and died at age 76 years old on January 7, 1999.

John Edward Boyington Sr of Pensacola, Escambia County, FL was born on August 14, 1915, and died at age 94 years old on April 27, 2010. John Boyington was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery Section 52 Site 312 Naval Air Station, 1 Cemetery Road, in Pensacola.

Charles A Boyington of Terryville, Litchfield County, CT was born on May 24, 1925, and died at age 68 years old on January 23, 1994.

Thomas H Boyington of Rochester, Monroe County, NY was born on August 9, 1928, and died at age 66 years old on August 9, 1994.

Herman L Boyington of Bay Minette, Baldwin County, AL was born on August 16, 1919, and died at age 88 years old on August 27, 2007.

Kenwood L Boyington of Lincoln, Penobscot County, ME was born on April 12, 1923, and died at age 86 years old on November 28, 2009.

Harrison T Boyington of Lincoln, Penobscot County, ME was born on February 27, 1921, and died at age 82 years old on October 13, 2003.

Joseph Calvin Boyington of Eugene, Lane County, OR was born on February 25, 1910, and died at age 73 years old on April 19, 1983. Joseph Boyington was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section COL-1 Row A Site 508 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland.

Phillip E Boyington of Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA was born on June 9, 1921, and died at age 68 years old on September 7, 1989.

Northern L Boyington of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on June 15, 1898, and died at age 72 years old in November 1970.

Bertram Jr Boyington of New Orleans, Jefferson County, LA was born on April 2, 1927, and died at age 63 years old on March 11, 1991.

Herbert A Boyington of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington was born on November 18, 1908, and died at age 78 years old in August 1987.

Jasper Boyington of Cleveland, Liberty County, Texas was born on August 1, 1929, and died at age 78 years old on April 7, 2008.

Emory A Boyington of Loxley, Baldwin County, Alabama was born on September 24, 1920, and died at age 59 years old in October 1979.

Alfred E Boyington of Hartford, Hartford County, CT was born on June 12, 1915, and died at age 67 years old in July 1982.

Cecil Boyington of Robertsdale, Baldwin County, AL was born on October 23, 1921, and died at age 78 years old on January 4, 2000.