Arnold C. Boyak Jr.

Arnold C. Boyak Jr.

- - Arnold C Boyak Jr. passed away on March 21, 2018 at age 92.

He was the son of Arnold and Bessie (Titus) Boyak and brother to Betty (John) Barclay, Patricia (Richard) Hill, and the late Phyllis Boyak. He was married to Doris (Bamford) Boyak for 67 years before her passing in 2017. He was father to Steven (JoAnn Peraino) Boyak, Craig (Sabine Schirm) Boyak and Barbara (Jim) Lambrecht and Grandpa to Megan, Caitlin, and Calley Boyak.

He was a graduate of Cooley High School and the Detroit Institute of Technology. He enlisted in the US Army Air Corps in 1943 and served as a tail gunner in a B-17 for the 99th Bomber Squadron in Foggia, Italy from May, 1944 through July, 1946. He was a consummate team member; making every team of which he was a member a better group. This included 30 years as an engineer at Massey-Ferguson designing tractors and farm implements, as an athlete on high school, army base, church and recreational teams, and in roles as a coach and umpire assignor with the Redford Township Junior Athletic Association, as an Assistant Scoutmaster in Troop 548, as one of the founding members of the Thurston Booster Club, as an officer and president of the Massey-Ferguson Credit Union, and as treasurer, deacon and Sunday School teacher at 3 different churches. He was also an avid reader and gardener; hybridizing several varieties of daylilies and naming them for many family members.

A memorial service and celebration of his life is scheduled at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 27475 Five Mile Road in Livonia at 11:00 a.m. on May 5. Visitation with family will extend from 9:30 until the service. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Stephen Ministry at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church of Livonia