Dorothea Esther Boyes

Thea, as she liked to be called, hated school. She attended Bramley Girls School and a school in Eastbourne. Being fair she blushed very easily. She had a boy friend by the name of Buster Frederick who slapped her mother on the back and asked how she was, they were both 16 and wanted to marry. Needless to say it didnt happen.

Thea met her 1st husband Fred through a dating agency, she was 43. They had a turbulent marriage, Fred was due to retire and wanted a housekeeper, not what Thea had in mind. They went to Kenya for 3 years before he retired from the Home Office.

Thea was a nursing assistant during the War. Afterwards she travelled and was a governess for several families.

Thea and her mother got along well.

Thea met Geoffrey, her 2nd husband also through an agency, they had a happy marriage, they were both interested in Spiritual Healing and Spiritualist matters.