Obituary for Robert Adolph Boehm (An interesting man)

Robertson Funeral ^ | 10-14-24 | Robertson funeral directors

[dynachrome]

Robert Adolph Boehm, in accordance with his lifelong dedication to his own personal brand of decorum, muttered his last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse on October 6, 2024, shortly before tripping backward over "some stupid mother****ing thing" and hitting his head on the floor.

Robert was born in Winters, TX, to the late Walter Boehm and Betty Smith on May 6, 1950, after which God immediately and thankfully broke the mold and attempted to cover up the evidence. Raised Catholic, Robert managed to get his wife Dianne pregnant (three times) fast enough to just barely miss getting drafted into the Vietnam War by fathering Michelle, John, and Charlotte between 1967 and 1972. Much later, with Robert possibly concerned about the brewing conflict in Grenada, Charles was born in 1983.

This lack of military service was probably for the best, as when taking up shooting as a hobby in his later years, he managed to blow not one, but two holes in the dash of his own car on two separate occasions, which unfortunately did not even startle, let alone surprise, his dear wife Dianne, who was much accustomed to such happenings in his presence and may have actually been safer in the jungles of Vietnam the entire time. While the world was in conflict elsewhere, Robert made due by learning to roof, maintain traffic signs with the City of Amarillo, and eventually becoming a semi-professional truck driver—not to be confused with a professional semi-truck driver.

With peace on the horizon, Robert's attention somewhat counterintuitively drifted to weapons of war, spanning the historical and geographical spectrum from the atlatl of 19,000 BC France, to the sjambok of 1830s Africa, to the Mosin-Nagant M1891 of WWII-era Soviet Union.

[Third Person]

Thank you for the link!

Tragedy plus time equals comedy, or something like that...

[Third Person]

You’re very welcome, I think I’ll go start working on my obit

[HenpeckedCon]

I didn’t know anyone born after 1945 was named Adolph.

[Jamestown1630]

It’s always good to be involved...

[Notthereyet]

The love for this man can be seen through this article.

He must have been a great man.

CJB

And his wife was graced with great patience! LOL

[The Duke]

Reminds me of a line from one of my favorite movies ("The Razor's Edge", 1984) ... "He will not be missed." Said, of course, when the exact opposite was meant.