BOAST,
Arthur J. (Jack)
Camp Verde Bugle, Camp Verde, Arizona
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Arthur “Jack” Boast, 73, of Rimrock, passed away on December 31,
2017 at home. He was born on October 14, 1944 in Houston, Texas to
Jack and LaVern Boast.
Jack attended Mingus Union High School until 1963 and received his
diploma. He served his country in the Air Force as Staff Sergeant
during the Vietnam War.
Jack was a self-employed fabricator-welder and was an avid hunter.
Jack was preceded in death by his brother Robert Boast and daughter
Erica Price.
He is survived by his wife of 27 years Ana Rios; daughters Tammy
Henley (John) of Texas and Leslie Short (Brian) of Texas; adopted
children Esperanza, Jennifer and Jack John; brothers Mike Lawson
(Debbie) of Phoenix, David Lavender (Cindy) of Alpine, Randy Walters
(Jessie) of Clarkdale and Don Waltery (Marcie) of Flagstaff; sisters
Sue Killingsworth (Ricky) of Cottonwood and Tina Lavender of Texas;
14 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at Westcott Funeral Home in Cottonwood on
Saturday, January 6, 2018. Visitation will begin at 11 am and the
service will start at 1:00pm.
“I tried to make better in 2nd half of life: for mistakes in first
half…” - Jack
An online guestbook is available to sign at
www.westcottfuneralhome.com.
Information provided by survivors.