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Robert "Bob" Duane Boley, 64

by Daily Inter Lake
| March 30, 2005 1:00 AM

Robert "Bob" Duane Boley, 64, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2005, of a heart attack in Mesquite, Nev.

A son of Duane and Barbara "Bobbie" Boley, he was born in Glasgow on July 9, 1940. Bob graduated from Glasgow High School in 1958. And later from Northern Montana College in 1962, where he excelled in football and baseball. He received his master's degree in counseling from the University of Montana.

Bob began his teaching /coaching career in Outlook. He served in the U.S. Army in the Vietnam Conflict.

After the war he taught in Dodson, Lodge Grass, and Havre where he was vice principal until 1977.

In 1979 he married his sweetheart Barbara Strong.

He was principal at Poplar High School from 1977 to 1980, and then from 1980 to 1987 at Colstrip High School.

Bob and Barbara moved to Lakeside where they owned and operated the Spinnaker. In 1993 they sold the Spinnaker.

Bob was an avid sports fan and a Greenbay Packer follower; he also enjoyed golfing, hunting, playing cards, and carpentry. Bob was a Past Master of Havre Lodge, AF/AM in Havre, as well as a member of Algeria Shrine. Bob was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Kalispell.

Bob is survived by his wife, Barbara, a resident of Lakeside, and Mesquite, Nev.; his children Staci and Otis Thrasher of Butte, Qui Boley of Missoula, Shaun and Kari Boley of Boise, Idaho, and Casey Boley of Inverness; four grandchildren, Chance and Chelsi Thrasher of Butte, and Isabelle and Callie Boley of Boise; a sister, Barbara Diane Boley, of Great Falls; a brother, Terry and Diann Boley of Kent, Wash.; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews; and a dear friend, Rheta Housman, of Mesquite.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Duane and Barbara Boley.

Bob's wishes were to be cremated and memorial services will be held at a later date.

Memorials may be sent to the Heart fund, Shrine Hospital in Spokane; QRU Lakeside; or a charity of one's choice.

Condolences may be sent to the Boley family at P.O. Box 297, Lakeside, MT 59922.

Arrangements are under direction of Virgin Valley Mortuary, 702-346-6060.