Walter Boatwright (2014)
BOATWRIGHT, DAWSON, QUINNETT, MCVAY, MCGAFFEY, WATKINS, WESTLAKE, HARTFIELD, COUGHRAN
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 7/18/2014 at 10:29:57
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 16, 2014WALTER BOATWRIGHT, Van Meter
Walter Boatwright, 80, of Van Meter died Monday, July 14, 2014, at his home.
Visitation will be from 5-7:00 p.m. today (Wednesday, July 16) at Hamilton’s Funeral Home (605 Lyon St., Des Moines). Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 17, also at the funeral home. Burial will take place at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family.
Walter was born March 29, 1934, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Manuel and Odessa (Dawson) Quinnett. He was a member of New Covenant Church of God. Walter proudly served his country in the Army. He owned Boney’s Bar and Grill in Peru, Iowa, and retired from Armstrong after over 30 years as a tire builder.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary Ellen Boatwright; grandson, Jonathan McVay; two brothers; and five sisters.
Walter is survived by his children, Betty (Tom) McGaffey, Barb Watkins, Matthew (Beth) Boatwright, and Kelly Boatwright; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sisters, Odessa (John) Westlake, Katherine Hartfield, and Neva (Gene) Coughran; and many other family members and friends.
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