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Karl Boardman Obituary

BOARDMAN Karl Martin Boardman, 75, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away October 9, 2010 with family by his side. He rode out in his 33' Ford Coupe. Karl loved his family, fast cars, super sonic, airplanes and was a master shark fisherman and 'The Beach Master' of Padre Island. Tiger sharks will be safe again throughout the Gulf of Mexico. He retired from 21 years of Navy service at NAS Corpus Christi in 1975. Karl was born in Rochester, Minnesota on February 1, 1935 to Arthur and Helen Boardman. He was preceded in death by his mother Helen, father Arthur, brother Keith, daughter Dolly and grandson Rion. Karl is survived by wife Penny, sons Flint and Martin, daughter Mariah, grandson Karl Evan, granddaughters Rainy and Leah, four great-grandchildren, brother John, numerous adopted children and Old Man B the red 66 Charger and Goldy the 67 Charger. The informal Memorial Service will be held at Roy's Bait & Tackle at 7613 SPID on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Please bring all your stories!

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Published by Corpus-Christi Caller-Times on Oct. 12, 2010.

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Rick Baird

March 17, 2020

I just heard about cheif Boardman passing away. I was with him in RVAH-7, what a loss

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