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Submitted: 5/3/22 • Approved: 5/4/22 • Last Updated: 5/7/22 • R511075-G0-S3
Texas
LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE (CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS) US Navy Reserves
World War II
February 16, 1918-February 8, 1963
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
HEREFORD, Feb. 8 (Special) - Herbert Boardman, 45 [sic], a long-time Hereford area resident, was found dead in his car at 7 a.m. today at his home 2 miles southeast of Hereford.
Justice of the Peace C.B. Miles returned a verdict of death due to asphyxiation by self-infliction.
Glen Greer, who lived in a mobile home on the Boardman place, discovered the body when he found the vehicle parked behind the barn.
Examining physician, said Boardman had been dead for several hours.
Boardman had been a farmer and dairyman here for several years. Relatives said he had been ill health for some time.
Funeral services will be announced here by Gililland Funeral Home.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 8 Feb 1963, Fri - Page 8)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Boardman
Date of Birth: 16 Feb 1918
Birth County: Deaf Smith
Father's name: H H Boardman
Certificate Number: 7144
Roll Number: 1918_0002
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Herbert Daniel Boardman
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1918
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Herbert Hiram Boardman
Father Birth Place: Michigan
Mother: Florence Anna Lash
Mother Birth Place: Ohio
Mother Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Herbert Daniel Boardman
Race: White
Age: 22
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1918
Birth Place: Hereford, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Illinois, USA
Employer: Attends Presbyterian Theological Sem Student
Weight: 190
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Herbert Hiram Boardman
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Herbert Daniel Boardman Self (Head)
Herbert Hiram Boardman Father
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Herbert Boardman
Death Date: 8 Feb 1963
Death County: Deaf Smith
Certificate: 8439
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Herbert Boardman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 44
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1918
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Precinct 1, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 8 Feb 1963
Death Place: Precinct 1, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: H H Boardman
Mother: Florence Lash
Contributed on 5/3/22 by neldapat
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