Kingston Eugene Boni 1924 - 1997

RILEY, BONI, BENDON

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Date: 1/11/2019 at 13:37:54

Sioux City Journal
3 December 1997

Kingston Eugene Boni, 72, Boulder City, Nevada, a native of Sioux City, died October 25, 1997 at a Boulder City Hospital following a lengthy illness.

Services and burial, with full military honors were in Boulder City.

Mr. Boni was born December 1, 1924 in Sioux City, the son of William Kingston and Julia Anne (Riley) Boni. He attended Sioux City schools and graduated from East High School in 1942.

He married Marie Bendon in August 1945 in California.

Mr. Boni served in the U.S. Navy for 12 years from 1942 until 1954. He then served as a chief engineer for a New York firm and later was employed by Edison in California. During much of his career, he traveled throughout the United States, teaching engineering. He retired in 1975 for health reasons.

He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans.

Survivors include his wife, a daughter, Karen Anderson of Denver, Colorado; two sons Michael Boni of Los Angeles and William Boni of Long Beach, California, two sisters, Joyce Beauchene of Jefferson, South Dakota and Patricia Sandberg of Sioux City and nine grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Avis M. Allaway.