Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Boen, Ray L. October 2, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Boen, Ray L.     
1921 - 2005 
 
Ray L. Boen 
3/2/1921 - 10/2/2005 
Services: Thurs., Oct. 6, 10:30 a.m. 

A graveside service will be held Thursday, October 6, 2005, 10:30 a.m., at 
Greenlawn Southwest Memorial Park, 2739 Panama Road. Ray was born in rural 
Arkansas one of the eleven siblings of William and Mary Boen. The family moved 
to Bakersfield when he was about 12 years old and he resided here the rest of 
his life. He met the love of his life here, Aline Smith, they married in 1943. 
They had two children together. Ray, known as Papa by the family, served in 
the Army during World War II. He worked for the County Roads Department for 
many years. He then did what he had always wanted to dohe started his own 
business in the construction industry. He began by hauling sand and gravel. 
Then there were jobs working on feed mills and pipelines. He finally settled 
on building steel storage tanks at which he was very successful and pursued 
until his retirement. All during these years Nana & Papas house was the hub of 
the family. You could always go there and count on being loved 
(unconditionally), fed (ridiculous amounts of good food) and probably catch a 
game of Yahtzee or watch a ball game on the big screen. These are memories 
that we will always hold dear in our hearts. Nana passed away eight years ago. 
He has been very lonely for her since she left us. Now they are together again 
eternally. He was also preceded in death by his parents and seven of his 
siblings. He is survived by his daughter, Linda Horrisberger and husband, 
Bill; and his son, John Boen; 5 grandsons, Scott Horrisberger and wife, Laura, 
Kevin Horrisberger, Tim Auxier and wife, Amy, Bryin Boen and Chase Boen; 9 
great-grandchildren, Alicia, Amber, Andrew, Bradley, Kassie, Lauren, Leslie 
and Blake Horrisberger along with Tyler Auxier; 2 great-great-grandsons, 
Zackary Ontiveros and Ethan Horrisberger. The family is very grateful to Bryin 
Boen for caring for Papa these last few months. Visitation is Wednesday, 
October 5, 2005, 12-9 p.m. at Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary. 

Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary Funeral Directors 
Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 10/5/2005.  


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