Christopher Boyer

CHRISTOPHER LYNN BOYER OF CADET, MISSOURI, WAS BORN, SEPTEMBER 10, 1974, IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. CHRIS DEPARTED THIS LIFE SUDDENLY DUE TO AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON APRIL 3, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF TWENTY- FOUR YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND TWENTY-THREE DAYS.
CHRIS IS SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER, LYNN EDWARD BOYER AND JEANNE OF CADET, HIS MOTHER, BARBARA JEAN (BONE) MCFARLAND AND HUSBAND DOUG OF FARMINGTON, ONE DAUGHTER, HANNAH LYNN BOYER OF PARK HILLS, TWO SISTERS, RENEE SUZANNE COURTWAY AND HUSBAND JAMES OF DESLOGE, SARA JEAN MCFARLAND OF FREDERICKTOWN, ONE STEP-SISTER, NICOLE RENEE STRINGER OF CADET, HIS PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, ETHEL BOYER OF POTOSI, HIS MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, ED AND CELESTE BONE OF CADET AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
CHRIS WAS A 1992 GRADUATE OF FREDERICKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. CHRIS WAS EMPLOYED AS A CARPENTER WITH A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, CHRIS' DREAM WAS TO RETURN TO COLLEGE AND BECOME AN ARCHITECT. HE LOVED TINKERING WITH AUTOMOBILES IN HIS SPARE TIME. CHRIS ENJOYED SPORTS AND HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR BASEBALL, BASKETBALL AND GOLF.
CHRIS' GREATEST LOVE AND THE LIGHT OF HIS DAILY LIFE WAS HIS DAUGHTER, HANNAH.
VISITATION WAS HELD MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1999, FROM 2:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1999, AT 10:00 A.M. AT ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, EDDIE COLEMAN, JAMES COURTWAY, LARRY LEE, TOMMY HENSON, ALBERT DECLUE AND DAVE CULKIN.