BOYD WARENSKI

BOYD WARENSKI Boyd "M" Warenski, age 88, returned home to his Heavenly Father on October 27, 2024 in the Ivybrook Assisted Living Center in Taylorsville, Utah. He was born September 8, 1936, in Joseph, Utah to Ralph "N" Warenski and Geneva Mills Warenski. After losing his mother at the young age of 9, he spent a lot of time with his Grandma and Grandpa Mills, working on the farm and tending sheep. At 10, one of his jobs was to drive loads of sugar beets from Richfield to Gunnison using a special agriculture permit. He was a practical joker - he and friends would set up roadblocks, and push vehicles out onto frozen lake ice! Boyd graduated from South Sevier High School. In high school and college, he ran cross-country - a sport that allowed him to run the nature trails he loved. While attending Southern Utah State College (SUSC) in Cedar City (now SUU), he was a member of the ROTC. While attending SUSC, Boyd met his sweetheart, Colleen Kimber from Delta. They were married in 1955 when Boyd was just 18. They had 5 children: Carollynn, Renee, Richard, Dallon, and Russell (stillborn). They lived for a time in North Salt Lake while he worked in the Salt Lake Office of Utah Power and Light (UP&L), before accepting a promotion that took him back home to Richfield where he lived for over 50 years. In 1956, Boyd began his 30 plus year career at UP&L starting in the mail room and working his way through positions of Junior Accounting Clerk, Draftsman, Estimator, Senior Estimator, Junior Engineer, Division Engineer, Division Superintendent, and retired as a Regional Superintendent in 1988. He spent a lot of hours taking home study classes and tests from the International Correspondence School and earned his degree in Electrical Engineering in 1967. Soon after retiring, he and Colleen took their truck and trailer on a 3-year trip traveling around the USA where they saw many famous sights, national parks, monuments, LDS temples, and relatives. Boyd's accomplishments include North Salt Lake City Councilman, a baseball umpire for adult league, local board member of Jaycees, and the head usher of the Valley Music Hall, where he saw to the needs of the guest performers and celebrities. This is how he met and became friends with the western singer, Marty Robbins. He and Colleen served 3 missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: one as ward missionaries, one as welfare (employment) missionaries, and one directing the Richfield Genealogy Center. His hobbies included camping and hiking, hunting and fishing. These were especially enjoyed with his dad and his brother Lane, and later with his sons Richard and Dallon. He enjoyed dancing, and was an avid stamp and coin collector He also made many latch-hook rugs, some to his own beautiful designs. Boyd was preceded in death by his parents Ralph N Warenski and Geneva Mills Warenski; stepmother Nola Robison Warenski; siblings Kurt Kennedy and Gwen Christensen; wife Colleen and sons Richard and Dallon and grandson Geoffery. Boyd is survived by his siblings Catherine Myrna Porter, Susan (Richard) Dunn, and Lane (Kathy) Warenski; children Carollynn (Ray) Montgomery and Renee (B.) Murphy; 12 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers: Brandon Warenski, Rosie Prows, Sharon Montgomery, Kaylieann Warenski, Keyton Warenski, and Mathew Warenski. Honorary Pallbearers: Jon Montgomery, Andrew Montgomery, Keith Forshee, TreVon Murphy, Ray Montgomery, B. Murphy, Nicole Guerra, Jessica Warenski, and Justin Warenski. The family expresses thanks to the staff of the Ivybrook Assisted Living in Taylorsville, Utah, Health Watch Hospice Care, the Warenski Funeral Home, and to his long-time dance partner and friend, Marlu Heilesen. Instead of a funeral, there will be a joint viewing and Celebration of Life for friends and family to mingle and share memories of Boyd from 10 to 11:30am on Sat, Nov 2 in the Relief Society room of the Richfield 2nd Ward chapel, 675 W 200 S, Richfield, UT. Burial will be approximately 12 noon in the Joseph Utah Cemetery.