Max Boring

REEDSVILLE — Max L. Boring, age 81, died on January 12, 2017, in Columbus.

He is survived by Shirley (née Bable) his wife of 53 years; his daughters Diana Higginbotham, Valorie Boring, and Lori (Jim) German; grandchildren, Michael Higginbotham, Erin and John German; great-grandchildren, Trent, Tucker, Brady, Kazdyn; sisters Bea Bailey, Iris Randolph, and Alice Dill; brothers Paul Boring, Asa (Wanda) Boring and brother-in-law Keith Walton; and countless nieces, nephews, and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents Tona and Goldie; his brother, H. W. "Bob" Boring; sister, Dollie Walton; three grandsons, twins James and Stanley (at birth), and Christopher Higginbotham;

He was born August 1, 1935, in Reedsville, Ohio and graduated in 1954 from Olive Orange High School in Tuppers Plains. He served in the US Army in Korea, Guam, and Japan from 1958 to 1962 and the US Army Reserve at Ft. Hayes from 1964 until 1982 when he retired as a Master Sergeant. He worked his entire career in the automotive service industry and retired as service director of Dick Ruhl Ford in Columbus in 1997. He was an accomplished guitarist and an avid fisherman, golfer, and bowler.

Services will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, January 16, 2017 at White-Schwarzel in Coolville with Rev. Bob Stewart officiating. Family will receive friends two hours prior to service. Burial with military honors will immediately follow at Reedsville Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Boring Family Scholarship Fund. Checks can be made payable to fund custodian, Asa Boring, and mailed to him at 2481 St. Rt. 124, Little Hocking, Ohio 45742.

You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh.com