ADRIAN BOYER
ADRIAN JULIAN BOYER OF FESTUS, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT CADET, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 29, 1935. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE THADDEUS J. JR. AND MARY FRANCES (KING) BOYER. ADRIAN DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MARCH 21, 2003 AT HIS HOME HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS, ONE MONTH AND TWENTY-THREE DAYS.
ADRIAN WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO VIRGINIA LEE PORTELL ON DECEMBER 26, 1953 IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN. VIRGINIA PRECEDED HER HUSBAND IN DEATH ON JUNE 14, 2001.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER, LISA STANSBURY AND HUSBAND TIM OF HILLSBORO, MISSOURI, SON, MARTY BOYER AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, SISTERS, LEONA AUBUCHON OF CADET, MISSOURI, AVIS BOURISAW AND HUSBAND TONY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, DOROTHY DEGONIA OF CADET, MISSOURI, PATRICIA BOYER AND HUSBAND CHARLIE OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI AND DELORES MOORE OF MARYLAND, GRANDCHILDREN, TYLER AND EMILY STANSBURY, HOLLY BUQUO AND HUSBAND ALLEN, ANGIE BOYER, KAREN AND SCOTT ATWATER, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, COURTNEY AND EMILY BUQUO, SISTERS-IN-LAW, MARGARET RUNDELL OF PEVELY, MISSOURI AND KAREN PORTELL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, BROTHERS-IN- LAW, THOMAS PORTELL OF OLD MINES, MISSOURI, CARL AND MARY CATHERINE PORTELL OF OLD MINES, MISSOURI, RONNIE AND JOYCE PORTELL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, DONALD LYNN AND JUDY PORTELL OF OLD MINES, MISSOURI AND JOE AND WANDA PORTELL OF MELBOURNE, FLORIDA. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY, SISTERS, BERNICE BATTREAL AND ALMA DROZKOWSKI AND INFANT BROTHER, JULIUS THADDEUS BOYER III.
ADRIAN WAS AN ATLANTA BRAVES BASEBALL FAN AND ENJOYED WATCHING NASCAR RACES. HE WAS A HANDYMAN AND ENJOYED WOODWORKING. ADRIAN ENJOYED COLLECTING MODEL TRAINS. ON AUGUST 31, 1961 HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A CORPORAL WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY. ADRIAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE OUR LADY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN FESTUS, MISSOURI AND WAS IN THE YOUNG AT HEARTS CLUB. ADRIAN WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2003 AND 9:00 AM TO 10:45 AM ON TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CONDUCTED 11:00 AM ON TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2003 AT THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, KEN PORTELL, TIM PORTELL, EDWARD DEGONIA, MIKE GUIDICY, JOE PORTELL, DAVID AUBUCHON, CHARLIE BOYER AND HENRY GUIDICY.