Gregory Edward Boyle passed away on Jan. 25 at his home in Arcata due to health complications from brain surgery four years ago.

Greg, affectionately known as “Zog,” was born on March 18, 1969, in Boston, Mass. His parents, Evelyn Boyle and Edward Boyle, moved the family to Goleta, Calif., in 1977 when he was a young boy. He attended Ellwood Elementary, Goleta Valley Junior High and Dos Pueblos High School. He later moved to Humboldt County, where it was his dream to attend Humboldt State University. Humboldt became home to him the moment he saw the redwoods. As he told his Mother, “he was home.”

He met and married Diane Crow, whom he later separated from, and they had two children. His children, Jennifer and Edward, were the shining light of his life.

Greg worked in many different professions, opening up a sports collectibles shop in Arcata for a number of years, working for the mail room at HSU and later the postal service. He worked as an accountant and IT specialist for a number of businesses as well. Towards the end of his life he was working on finally finishing his college career, despite a number of health problems.

Greg was an ardent lover and player of games and loved spending time with his family playing sports from street hockey to football, board games ranging from Risk to Monopoly. He was a sports fan in every sense and followed his favorite teams, the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots in particular, fervently, and loved to discuss sports with friends and family. He was rarely ever seen in anything besides flip-flops, shorts (regardless of weather) and a sports T-shirt.

He is survived by his family: Jennifer Boyle, daughter; Edward Boyle, son; Evelyn Boyle, mother; Edward Boyle, father; Sean Boyle, brother; Darian Velasquez, nephew; Dillon Boyle, nephew; Christopher Minelli, lifelong friend; as wells as many other family and friends.

The family would like to express thanks for all of the support they have received after Greg’s passing. It has meant a lot to them through this hard time.

Per his wishes, Greg’s close family and friends had a small service on Feb 1st. There will be a memorial in his honor held at a later date. For information, please contact the family directly.

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