Stanley Boyer

Stanley Wade Boyer, MD of Madison, died quietly at home, May 25, 2020 at age 84.

Stan was born in 1936 in Elkhart, IN to Ervin and Ruth (Stealy) Boyer. He grew up in Elkhart, and became acquainted with his future wife, Marylin Ebersole, at summer camp in Michigan when they were both 9. They later dated as students at Hesston College and at Goshen College, and were married in 1957 in Elkhart, IN.

Stan graduated from Goshen College in 1958 and earned his MD from Indiana University Medical School in 1962. As a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war, he fulfilled his alternate service as a Lieutenant Commander in the US Public Health Service - Division of Indian Health, serving the Leech Lake band of Ojibwe on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Cass Lake, MN. He completed a neurology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and moved to Madison, WI in 1970 to join what was then Jackson Clinic. In 1986 he joined the Dean Healthcare system, where he practiced until his retirement in 2012.

Stan and Marylin moved to Oak Valley Estates in Cross Plains in 1986. A dedicated conservationist, Stan led the area’s tall-grass prairie restoration project for over 30 years, before he and Marylin moved to Oakwood Village in 2019.

Stan was a compassionate physician, adventurous traveler, fine tenor, skilled RC pilot, skier, scuba diver, fisherman, gardener, astronomer, historian, painter, and more.  Above all, Stan was a supportive, loving husband, a patient, generous dad, and an awesome Pop-Pop and father-in-law. He is survived by his loving wife Marylin; children Karen, Greg (Megan Ballard), and Gayle (Kirk Ormand); and five grandchildren: Sam (Susie Potterveld), Joe, Max, Kevin, and Ella. He was preceded in death by his parents, and by his sister Miriam (Elmer Miller).

A private family burial service was held at Natural Path Sanctuary; a service of celebration and remembrance of Stan’s life will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Stan’s name to Goshen College (Goshen IN), the Nature Conservancy, or a charity of your choice.