Richard W. Boyum of Prineville, Ore., died May 1, 2008, at the age of 70 of natural causes.
A funeral service was held Monday, May 5, at the Prineville First Baptist Church.
Mr. Boyum was born on Feb. 8, 1938, in Portland, Ore., to Clifford and Adeline (Matthews) Boyum.
He grew up in Portland and graduated from Washington High School in 1956, and later attended college for a couple of years. Mr. Boyum then served in the U.S. Navy four years on the amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima off the coast of Vietnam during that war. He lived in California for several years after the Vietnam War and then moved to Oregon in 1973. Mr. Boyum lived in Troutdale, Ore., for 23 years and then moved to Prineville in 1998.
He married Carole (Westberg) Boyum in 1975 in Milwaukie, Ore.
He worked for a company in Milwaukie for 23 years and was an electronic technician, installing, repairing and maintaining kidney dialysis machines in hospitals. He retired in 1997.
Mr. Boyum was a member of the Prineville First Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing, hunting, bowling, golfing and was a "McGiver." He liked to tinker and could fix or repair anything.
Survivors include: his spouse Carole Boyum of Prineville; sons Tony Boyum of Tennessee, Jerry Boyum of Tigard, Jacob Boyum of Prineville and Jeffrey Simmons of Tacoma, Wash.; daughter Tammy Hurst of Yacolt, Wash.; brother Raymond Boyum of Florence, Ore.
Other survivors include: his sisters Ivory Ann Nelson, also of Florence, Doris Stephens of Portland and Roberta Scott of Newport, Ore.; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, a son and two brothers.
Autumn Funerals of Redmond handled the arrangements. |
