Glen Arthur Boren, 85, of Riley, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at Mercy Regional Health Center, with his family by his side.
He was born July 10, 1922 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Charles and Emily (Barrie) Boren and moved to Manhattan in 1924. He was a resident of Riley from 1977 until he moved to St. Joseph's Village in Manhattan in 2005.
Glen served his country in WWII in the US Navy as an aircraft mechanic assigned to the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific. His photo appeared on the January 1, 1944 cover of Naval Aviation News. He was a member of the Kansas National Guard from 1948 to 1950. In 1951 he joined the Air Force and spent 4 years at Smoky Hill AFB in Salina, Kansas as a guided missile technician, training gunners during the Korean Conflict. Other occupations he held throughout his life included working for his father at Boren Oil Company in Manhattan, Patrolman of the Abilene, Kansas Police Department, Deputy Sheriff of Ottawa County, Kansas, Special Deputy Sheriff of Saline County, Kansas, Special Deputy Sheriff of Lincoln County, Kansas, and Deputy Game Warden of Dickinson County, Kansas. Additionally, he was a Field Service Engineer for Radioplane (a division of Northrup), where he tested re-entry systems for the Gemini and Apollo missions. He eventually retired in 1985 from the Fort Riley Fire Department, having achieved the rank of Crew Chief (Captain). After retirement, Glen continued to work in small engine repair, fire equipment sales, and locksmithing. He also served his local communities as Fire Chief of the Riley Volunteer Fire Department and the Leon Springs (Texas) Volunteer Fire Department.
His hobbies included painting, flying, fishing, racing boats, camping, raising birds, rockhounding, CB radios, beekeeping, and more recently, enjoying bingo with friends at St. Joseph's Village.
Glen married Rosemary (Pat) Hogan on July 20, 1948. Pat preceded him in death on November 2, 1997. He was also preceded in death by his parents, brother Charles Boren, and sister Edith MacFarlane.
Survivors include his children: Patricia Stuart and husband Elliott of Boulevard, California, Mike Boren and wife Melinda of Rogue River, Oregon, Kathryn Norwood of Riley, Kansas, and Karen Jones of Jacumba, California; grandchildren: Nanci Ottoson and husband Matthew, Christine Forshee, Marcella Boren, Danny Norwood, Heather Perez and husband Daniel, Jennifer Atwell and husband Shawn, and Michael Boren and wife Nora; great-grandchildren: Kaitlin, Matthew, Joseph, Danielle, Madison, Devon, Andrew, Rosie, Jasmine, Tyler, Mollie, and Michael; and sisters Marguerite Haley of San Antonio, Texas, Mary Alice Burton of Silverthorne, Colorado, and Patricia Estabrook of Topeka, Kansas.
Graveside services with military and fire department honors will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Riley Cemetery.
He was born July 10, 1922 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Charles and Emily (Barrie) Boren and moved to Manhattan in 1924. He was a resident of Riley from 1977 until he moved to St. Joseph's Village in Manhattan in 2005.
Glen served his country in WWII in the US Navy as an aircraft mechanic assigned to the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific. His photo appeared on the January 1, 1944 cover of Naval Aviation News. He was a member of the Kansas National Guard from 1948 to 1950. In 1951 he joined the Air Force and spent 4 years at Smoky Hill AFB in Salina, Kansas as a guided missile technician, training gunners during the Korean Conflict. Other occupations he held throughout his life included working for his father at Boren Oil Company in Manhattan, Patrolman of the Abilene, Kansas Police Department, Deputy Sheriff of Ottawa County, Kansas, Special Deputy Sheriff of Saline County, Kansas, Special Deputy Sheriff of Lincoln County, Kansas, and Deputy Game Warden of Dickinson County, Kansas. Additionally, he was a Field Service Engineer for Radioplane (a division of Northrup), where he tested re-entry systems for the Gemini and Apollo missions. He eventually retired in 1985 from the Fort Riley Fire Department, having achieved the rank of Crew Chief (Captain). After retirement, Glen continued to work in small engine repair, fire equipment sales, and locksmithing. He also served his local communities as Fire Chief of the Riley Volunteer Fire Department and the Leon Springs (Texas) Volunteer Fire Department.
His hobbies included painting, flying, fishing, racing boats, camping, raising birds, rockhounding, CB radios, beekeeping, and more recently, enjoying bingo with friends at St. Joseph's Village.
Glen married Rosemary (Pat) Hogan on July 20, 1948. Pat preceded him in death on November 2, 1997. He was also preceded in death by his parents, brother Charles Boren, and sister Edith MacFarlane.
Survivors include his children: Patricia Stuart and husband Elliott of Boulevard, California, Mike Boren and wife Melinda of Rogue River, Oregon, Kathryn Norwood of Riley, Kansas, and Karen Jones of Jacumba, California; grandchildren: Nanci Ottoson and husband Matthew, Christine Forshee, Marcella Boren, Danny Norwood, Heather Perez and husband Daniel, Jennifer Atwell and husband Shawn, and Michael Boren and wife Nora; great-grandchildren: Kaitlin, Matthew, Joseph, Danielle, Madison, Devon, Andrew, Rosie, Jasmine, Tyler, Mollie, and Michael; and sisters Marguerite Haley of San Antonio, Texas, Mary Alice Burton of Silverthorne, Colorado, and Patricia Estabrook of Topeka, Kansas.
Graveside services with military and fire department honors will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Riley Cemetery.
Glen Arthur Boren, 85, of Riley, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at Mercy Regional Health Center, with his family by his side.
He was born July 10, 1922 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Charles and Emily (Barrie) Boren and moved to Manhattan in 1924. He was a resident of Riley from 1977 until he moved to St. Joseph's Village in Manhattan in 2005.
Glen served his country in WWII in the US Navy as an aircraft mechanic assigned to the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific. His photo appeared on the January 1, 1944 cover of Naval Aviation News. He was a member of the Kansas National Guard from 1948 to 1950. In 1951 he joined the Air Force and spent 4 years at Smoky Hill AFB in Salina, Kansas as a guided missile technician, training gunners during the Korean Conflict. Other occupations he held throughout his life included working for his father at Boren Oil Company in Manhattan, Patrolman of the Abilene, Kansas Police Department, Deputy Sheriff of Ottawa County, Kansas, Special Deputy Sheriff of Saline County, Kansas, Special Deputy Sheriff of Lincoln County, Kansas, and Deputy Game Warden of Dickinson County, Kansas. Additionally, he was a Field Service Engineer for Radioplane (a division of Northrup), where he tested re-entry systems for the Gemini and Apollo missions. He eventually retired in 1985 from the Fort Riley Fire Department, having achieved the rank of Crew Chief (Captain). After retirement, Glen continued to work in small engine repair, fire equipment sales, and locksmithing. He also served his local communities as Fire Chief of the Riley Volunteer Fire Department and the Leon Springs (Texas) Volunteer Fire Department.
His hobbies included painting, flying, fishing, racing boats, camping, raising birds, rockhounding, CB radios, beekeeping, and more recently, enjoying bingo with friends at St. Joseph's Village.
Glen married Rosemary (Pat) Hogan on July 20, 1948. Pat preceded him in death on November 2, 1997. He was also preceded in death by his parents, brother Charles Boren, and sister Edith MacFarlane.
Survivors include his children: Patricia Stuart and husband Elliott of Boulevard, California, Mike Boren and wife Melinda of Rogue River, Oregon, Kathryn Norwood of Riley, Kansas, and Karen Jones of Jacumba, California; grandchildren: Nanci Ottoson and husband Matthew, Christine Forshee, Marcella Boren, Danny Norwood, Heather Perez and husband Daniel, Jennifer Atwell and husband Shawn, and Michael Boren and wife Nora; great-grandchildren: Kaitlin, Matthew, Joseph, Danielle, Madison, Devon, Andrew, Rosie, Jasmine, Tyler, Mollie, and Michael; and sisters Marguerite Haley of San Antonio, Texas, Mary Alice Burton of Silverthorne, Colorado, and Patricia Estabrook of Topeka, Kansas.
Graveside services with military and fire department honors will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Riley Cemetery.
He was born July 10, 1922 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Charles and Emily (Barrie) Boren and moved to Manhattan in 1924. He was a resident of Riley from 1977 until he moved to St. Joseph's Village in Manhattan in 2005.
Glen served his country in WWII in the US Navy as an aircraft mechanic assigned to the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific. His photo appeared on the January 1, 1944 cover of Naval Aviation News. He was a member of the Kansas National Guard from 1948 to 1950. In 1951 he joined the Air Force and spent 4 years at Smoky Hill AFB in Salina, Kansas as a guided missile technician, training gunners during the Korean Conflict. Other occupations he held throughout his life included working for his father at Boren Oil Company in Manhattan, Patrolman of the Abilene, Kansas Police Department, Deputy Sheriff of Ottawa County, Kansas, Special Deputy Sheriff of Saline County, Kansas, Special Deputy Sheriff of Lincoln County, Kansas, and Deputy Game Warden of Dickinson County, Kansas. Additionally, he was a Field Service Engineer for Radioplane (a division of Northrup), where he tested re-entry systems for the Gemini and Apollo missions. He eventually retired in 1985 from the Fort Riley Fire Department, having achieved the rank of Crew Chief (Captain). After retirement, Glen continued to work in small engine repair, fire equipment sales, and locksmithing. He also served his local communities as Fire Chief of the Riley Volunteer Fire Department and the Leon Springs (Texas) Volunteer Fire Department.
His hobbies included painting, flying, fishing, racing boats, camping, raising birds, rockhounding, CB radios, beekeeping, and more recently, enjoying bingo with friends at St. Joseph's Village.
Glen married Rosemary (Pat) Hogan on July 20, 1948. Pat preceded him in death on November 2, 1997. He was also preceded in death by his parents, brother Charles Boren, and sister Edith MacFarlane.
Survivors include his children: Patricia Stuart and husband Elliott of Boulevard, California, Mike Boren and wife Melinda of Rogue River, Oregon, Kathryn Norwood of Riley, Kansas, and Karen Jones of Jacumba, California; grandchildren: Nanci Ottoson and husband Matthew, Christine Forshee, Marcella Boren, Danny Norwood, Heather Perez and husband Daniel, Jennifer Atwell and husband Shawn, and Michael Boren and wife Nora; great-grandchildren: Kaitlin, Matthew, Joseph, Danielle, Madison, Devon, Andrew, Rosie, Jasmine, Tyler, Mollie, and Michael; and sisters Marguerite Haley of San Antonio, Texas, Mary Alice Burton of Silverthorne, Colorado, and Patricia Estabrook of Topeka, Kansas.
Graveside services with military and fire department honors will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Riley Cemetery.
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