John P. Boley

Worked retail while in High School, at Sears & Roebuck. While attending College in Wisconsin, John worked at the Co-Op in all areas of the store. He left College early and joined the US Air Force. He was stationed at Rhein Main in Germany at the US Courier and Postal station. He was able to see many different countries and cultures for the two years he was stationed there. From Germany, he was sent to Abilene, TX Dyess AFB where he was signed to maintenance record keeping for the B52 bomber and the KC 135 transport. While stationed at Dyess, John met the love of his life, Johanna, and left the Air Force to continue life with her. After John & Johanna got married, he completed his college degree at Hardin Simmons University. He worked nights for Z Jet, servicing the corporate aircraft for oil companies headquartered there. Z Jet was a holding company for several companies, one of which was EZ Serve. He was introduced to the President of EZ Serve, and his career working with oil & gas marketing began. His career ended working for FuelQuest, Inc. in Houston, TX.

John was active in several church ministries, including youth group, Eucharistic ministry, fundraisers, catechism instructor, and Knights of Columbus.

John has a passion for Alaska salmon fishing. As often as he could, he would visit Alaska and fish on the Kenai. It was one of the most peaceful places on earth. He was also very passionate about helping others. He would mentor younger people at work and enjoyed their spark. At work, he was always willing to share his knowledge with others. They appreciated his experience and the time he would spend with them. He loved learning about history in any of the places he visited.

Survived by:

Spouse: Johanna Morgan Boley of Spring, TX

Children: Paul (Randi Marie) Boley of College Station, TX, Andrew (Paige) Boley of Wheaton, IL, Eric Boley of Houston, TX

Grandchildren: Tate and Cooper Boley, College Station, TX

Siblings: Marie (Don) Garcia of Albuquerque, NM; Jean (David) Bieganski of Anchorage, AK; Patrick Boley of DeRidder, LA; Julia (Randy) Grady of Roswell, NM; Jacqueline (Christopher) Sundstrom of Franktown, CO; and Elizabeth Apodaca of Roswell, NM. Numerous nieces,

nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews. John’s Aunts Carol Boley from Kalispel, MT and Cathy Wittig from Altoona, WI survived him.

John was born into a military family and thus traveled much of the United States (and Newfoundland) with his family while growing up. The siblings have many stories to tell about camping with the family, staying at the KOA, having the vehicle break down while traveling to a new station, eating chicken wings at Chicken Little.