Wilbert Ross Boyer

Wilbert Ross Boyer, 70, of Show Low died on Friday, March 14, 2008, in Tucson. He was an avid fish-erman and hunter, and an active member of the White Mountain Square Dance Club and the White Moun-tain United Methodist Church in Show Low.
   Memorial services were held March 20 at the White Mountain United Methodist Church in Show Low.
   Born July 13, 1937, in White Township, Indiana County, Pa., to Ira Calvin and Mary Katherine (Walker) Boyer, he spent his youth on the family farm. He received his first schooling in a one-room school house.
   After graduating from Indiana Joint High School in 1955, Wilbert joined the U.S. Air Force. He served as a jet aircraft and engine mechanic with the 6511th Parachute Test Group, and, while stationed at El Centro, Calif., he met his future wife, Mary Ellen Hinshaw. They were married June 20, 1959, at the Holt-ville (Calif.) United Methodist Church.
   Upon Wilbert’s discharge, the couple lived in Indiana, Pa., for three years, then moved to San Diego, Calif., where Wilbert attended Electronic Technical Institute. In 1964, he went to work at North Island Na-val Air Station as an electronics technician. At the time of his retirement in 1993, he was a computer tech-nician and programmer involved with designing and building prototypes for various test programs.
   Survivors include his wife; two sons, David (Lori) of San Diego and Robert of Pleasant Hill, Calif.; a daughter-in-law, Anne Boyer; four grandchildren, Christopher, Kenneth, Lene and Colby; two sisters, Mary Gilbert of Marion Center, Pa., and Jane Dixson of Indiana, Pa.; four brothers, Ira, Wallace and Robert of Indiana, Pa., and John of Commodore, Pa.; and numerous nephews and nieces.
   He was preceded in death by a son, Richard, his parents, and three brothers.
   Black’s Mortuary of Show Low was in charge of the arrangements.