What Happened
On April 5, one of our neighbors died while walking her beloved dog, Juno. Boyd Zenner, 70, lived on 12th Street for over 30 years. She was recently retired from her career as an aquisitions editor at the University of Virginia Press. Since there have been questions in the neighborhood about the details of her accident, we are posting this explanation followed by an obituary describing Boyd.
Boyd was walking her dog early on April 4the on East Jefferson Street. A nice man was walking toward them with his dog when Juno leapt eagerly to greet them pulling Boyd off her feet in such a way that she landed on the back of her head. There was a witness named Linda running by who took both dogs from the man so that he could administer help to Boyd until the ambulance arrived. Unfortunately, she sustained an injury to her brain she would not be able to recover from. She had many, many close friends including her best friend Ros who lives around the corner. Many thanks to Linda who took care of her dog and to the man who cared for her until the medics took over. [Read more…]
