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Henry Franklin Boatman

Posted 2018-02-21 by mhenderson
Daily Miner, Kingman, Arizona -
Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 -

Henry Franklin Boatman passed away Feb. 17, 2018 surrounded by his
loving family.

Henry was born Oct. 2, 1930, the third of six children, in
Hebbardsville, Kentucky to Earnest Boatman and Zelma Leona Roberts. At
the age of 14, with the death of his parents, he started to work as a
carnie. When he was 18, he started to drive long haul trucking.

He was married for a short time to Marilyn Parker, who he had a son,
Terry, with. Eventually he settled down with Genevieve Berry (later
divorced). They had four boys. He owned a Pure Oil gas station in
North St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1965 he married Ethelyn Smoak.

In 1968 he sold the station and moved his family to Kingman.

They owned Golden Glory trailer park on Route 66. He also worked for
the Kingman School District as a mechanic. While there, he saved the
district thousands of dollars by building a bus with a lift for
disabled students. With the death of Ethelyn in 1973 on June 8, 1974
he married Mildred Strecha Remy, combining his four boys and her two
girls.

In 1980 he quit the school district, working for a couple years for
Bonneville and Pepsi as a mechanic; he finally went to work for
himself.

Henry took loving care of Mildred in her final years till her death in
2015. His own health then started to decline.

He is survived by his sons Timothy, Terry, Thomas, Todd (Gloria) and
daughters Karen (Bob) McConaghy, and Nancy (Rodger) Wiker, ten
grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-
grandchild.

He will be missed by his family, friends, and tenants for his straight
forth way of talking to you. Services will be held at Sutton Memorial
Funeral Home on Friday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. A graveside service will
follow at 2 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Kingman, Arizona.



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