BOYER, Carl Rees

BOYER, HATT, BOWER, HINDMAN, GROFT, PETERSON

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner (email)
Date: 2/21/2005 at 15:57:46

Malvern Leader
12-2-04

Carl Rees Boyer, age 88 was born in Tabor, Iowa on September 28, 1916. He passed away on November 20, 2004, in Pocatello, Idaho, at the Hillcrest Convalescent Center.

He married Lola Hatt on December 31, 1939, in Bluffdale, Utah. They lived in Rock Springs, Wyoming for a while and then moved to Reliance, Wyoming. In Reliance he worked for the Union Pacific Coal Company for 15 years running a mine hoist.

In 1954 they moved to Tabor, Iowa to run their farm. Carl worked full time for Allied Chemical for more than 20 years as a journeyman pipe fitter and ran the farm with the help of his wife and children. He was a hard worker and loved to work with his cattle. He also loved to read, fish, hunt, and work with wood.

Carl was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He served in many callings, but spent 13 years as the Branch President of the Shenandoah-Nebraska City Branch of the Church in Iowa.

Carl lost his wife, Lola, in 1984. At this time he moved to Arimo, Idaho, to be closer to family. While he lived in Arimo he married Lavon Bower. They enjoyed one another’s company for several years but later divorced. Later, as his health deteriorated, he moved to Pocatello, Idaho where he spent his last four years.

He was preceded in death by his first wife Lola; his parents, Davis and Kitty Boyer; two half-brothers, Harold and Glen Boyer; and brother, Wayne Boyer. He is survived by two sisters, Agnes Hindman of Eaton, Colorado and Norman Groft of Rockport, Missouri; and brother, Mertin Boyer of Nebraska City, Nebraska. He is also survived by his son, David and wife Cay Boyer of Cheyenne, Wyoming; and daughter Teri L. Peterson and husband Curtis of Pocatello, Idaho. He has 12 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. He will be greatly missed.

Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 2, 2004 at the Tabor, Iowa Cemetery. Visitation will be open from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Thursday morning at the Crawford-Marshall Funeral Chapel in Tabor, Iowa. A memorial fund has been established. The Crawford-Marshall Funeral Chapel in labor, Iowa is in charge of the arrangements.