Anthony (Tony) Boetto |
| Posted 2008-11-08 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ October 14, 1955, p. 1 Town Saddened as Tony Boetto Dies; Services Thursday Funeral services for Anthony (Tony) Boetto, popular teach in the Wickenburg High School and chief of the Wickenburg Volunteer Fire Department, were conducted at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the First Presbyterian Church here. The Rev. Frederick Barnhill, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Phoenix, officiated with Dr. Charles S. Poling assisting. Mrs. Reuben Stifel sang with R.Wilson Brown organist. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery where full military honors were given the deceased by members of the Kellis-Draper Post of the American Legion and Phoenix Naval Reservist. Member of the fire department acted as active and honorary pall bears. Died Sunday - Mr. Boetto passed away at 12:47 p. m. Sunday in Community Hospital where he was admitted on the previous Wednesday after being stricken with a coronary thrombosis at the High School late that afternoon. Born in Tucson July 29, 1906, Mr. Boetto moved to Wickenburg with his parents when he was four years old. He attended elementary school here and, because Wickenburg at that time had no high school went to Tempe for his secondary education. He later received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree from Arizona State College, Tempe. He has also done graduate work at Arizona State College, Flagstaff, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Taught in Phoenix - For 18 years prior to World War II, Mr. Boetto taught industrial arts in the public school system of Phoenix. Then he enlisted in the Navy and serviced four years as a chief petty officer, much of that time in the South Pacific. After the war he returned to Wickenburg where he joined the school faculty here in 1946 as industrial arts instructor. He married in 19149 to Laurel Bonnie Baker. Was a Fire Chief - Mr. Boetto joined the Wickenburg Volunteer Fired Department in 1946 and has been a member since, serving for three years as chief of the department. He was a member of the American legion, was active in the PTA, and served as a commanding officer of the Naval Reserve Electronic Unit in Wickenburg. His mother died in 1945 while he was in the South Pacific. He is survived by his father, John Boetto, who has lived in Wickenburg for the past 45 years and the widow. ----------------------- Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ Oct. 21, 1955, p. 8 Boetto Funeral One Of Largest In Town History The First Presbyterian Church was filled to capacity Thursday afternoon of last week when final rites were observed for the late Tony Boetto. Observers said it was one of the largest funerals in Wickenburg's history. Among those from out of town who were here were Mr. & Mrs. C. W. McLellan of Tempe, sister and brother-in-law of Mrs. Boetto; Mrs. A. J. McFee of Phoenix, aunt of Mrs. Boetto; Harry Bigglestone of Phoenix, representing the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific; Herb Riggins of Prescott, state treasurer of the Arizona Firemen's Association; Nicholas Boetto, Sr., and Jr., of Phoenix; Joe Dollard of Phoenix, representing the Thunderbird Corporation, makers of fire equipment; Marion Justice of Litchfield, a cousin of the Boettos; Don Heatwole, chief of the Glendale Fire Department; Mr. & Mrs. B. B. Wilkinson of Phoenix, formerly of Wickenburg; Chief Petty Officer Koehler of the Phoenix Naval Reserve; and Mr. & Mrs. Lester Finch of Phoenix who were attendants at the wedding of Mr. & Mrs. Boetto. See Also: Find a Grave |
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