Boyer Kantz

KANTZ, Boyer
Age 80, of Wellsboro, PA, died July 22, 2008 at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. He was the husband of Elinor Payne Kantz, whom he married October 23, 1954. Boyer was born August 14, 1927 in Philadelphia, PA, the son of the late John Boyer and Marion Kirkpatrick Kantz. Boyer attended high school in Freeburg and at VMI, and graduated from Penn State University in 1951 with a BS in Forestry. He was owner/operator of Boyer Kantz Associates, Forestry Consulting and Land Surveying, for 48 years, retiring in November of 2007. Boyer was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Wellsboro, Lions Club, Masonic Lodge, Coudersport Consistory, Society of American Foresters, Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, and Charleston Township Municipal Authority, where he served as chairman for 36 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during World War II. Surviving are his wife, Elinor; daughter, Adrienne Kantz and husband, Kipling Goh of Canandaigua, NY; son, John M. Kantz and wife, Kathryn of NY and NC; sister, Deborah Kantz Anderson and husband, John of Wellsboro; grandchildren, Katherine, Derek and Seth Goh, and Lena M. Kantz. Friends and family are invited to Boyer's Life Celebration on Sunday, July 27, 2008, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 130 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA. Memorial service will follow at 3:00 p.m. with Rev. Roger Wagner officiating. If desired, memorials may be made in his memory to the First Presbyterian Church, the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, or a charity of your choice. Arrangements by Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, a "Life Celebration Home", 139 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA. www.lifecelebration.com