James Boshart

      James "Jim" Boshart, 87, of Wayland, died Monday, Sept. 24 at the Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield following declining health.

      Visitation will begin at noon Thursday, October 18, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland, with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19 at the Wayland Cemetery with military honors. Pastor Gerry Klopfenstein will be officiating.

      In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorial to the Wayland First Responders.

      Jim was born Feb. 10, 1920 in Wayland, the son of Orus and Edith Boshart. In June 1948 he married Della Jurgensen.

      He attended school in Wayland, Olds, Phoenix, Ariz. and Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant. In 1941 he joined the U.S. Navy and requested submarine duty. He served with four different subs from 1942 to 1945. In 1945, he took over his deceased father's insurance business.

      Jim was a partner with Sherman Umphrey in the Skelly Oil Business, and formed the Boshart and Henss Insurance Agency with Laurence Henss. He also worked at the Wayland Post Office as a clerk. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Henry County Mutual Insurance Company, Board Member of Farmers and Merchants Mutual Telephone Co., Bain Hume American Legion Post 402, US Submarine Veterans of WW II and also served as a volunteer fire fighter.

      Survivors include his wife, son Edward Boshart and his wife Loretta of Wayland, daughter Janis Unternahrer and her husband David of Wayland, and two grandchildren.

      He was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson.