John Boetto |
| Posted 2008-03-11 by Sharon |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ February 8, 1957, p. 1 John Boetto, 83, Here Since 1907, Died Wednesday Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) in the Wickenburg Chapel by Dr. Charles S. Poling for John Boetto, pioneer Wickenburg resident who died in Community Hospital at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning. Burial will be in Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Boetto was preparing his evening meal Monday when he had a heart attack and fell to the floor. He was unable to call for help and not until 9:45 o'clock Tuesday morning could he manage to get next door to the home of Mrs. Sarah Hershkowitz for help. He told her he spent the night on the floor. Mrs. Hershkowitz took him to his physician who admitted him to Community Hospital. Born in Northern Italy February 29, 1874, Mr. Boetto came to the United States in 1892, first lived in Colorado and then Mexico before coming to Arizona. He arrived in Wickenburg in 1907. In 1913 he purchased the adobe house at 225 South Washington Street which was built by Henry Wickenburg in 1903 and in which Mr. Wickenburg lived until his death there in 1905. Mr. Boetto paid $2,500 for the house and 17 acres of land. In his earlier years, Mr. Boetto was in the mining business. In recent years he was retired and spent most of his time raising chickens and bees. He was the first fire chief in Wickenburg and held badge No. 1. Mrs. Boetto died in February, 1945. Their, only son, Tony, died October 9, 1955. The only survivors are Mrs. Bonnie Boetto, his daughter-in-law, of Wickenburg; one nephew, Victor Boetto, of Chicago; and the son of that nephew, Robert Boetto, also of Chicago. See Also: Find a Grave |
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