Milton Clifford Boydstun

MILTON "CLIFFORD" BOYDSTUN November 9, 1921 ~ September 21, 2012 Milton "Clifford" Boydstun, 90, of Vancouver, WA died September 21, 2012 at SWWMC. Cliff was born November 9, 1921 in Portland, OR, to John S. and Alice R. Boydstun, the fourth of 10 children. Cliff moved to Vancouver in 1928. He graduated in 1940 from Vancouver High School with perfect attendance from grade school through graduation. He was proud of his time in the US Navy during WWII, serving for almost four years as a cook on a destroyer tender. He got seasick every time they pulled anchor and never learned to swim, but had great stories to tell. He was well known for his humor which he never lost, joking with the doctors and nurses to the very end. He was a union meat cutter working at several meat markets, including one he owned with his father. He had a 30 year career as a personnel assistant with the Bonneville Power Administration, retiring over 35 years ago. He married Lela "Neal" Boydstun on February 14, 1947 and they enjoyed 58 years together before she passed away in 2005. They enjoyed travel, working around the house, baking and decorating cakes, spending time with their children and grandchildren and just spending time together. They traveled to Canada, Germany, Italy, France, England, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, a Panama Canal cruise, the Mexican Riviera and to all 50 of the United States. Cliff was known for his homemade cream puffs and was still baking them for friends and family at age 90. Cliff is survived by his daughter, Glenda Gillihan (Thomas); step-daughter, Shirley Pierce (Dale); ten grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, ten great-great-grand- children and sisters Ellen Gibson, Irene Miller (Lester), Bernice Farmer, Florence Shipman (Bud); and brother Kenneth Boydstun (Beverly). He was preceded in death by his wife, Neal; brothers, Chuck, Larry and Winton; step-son, Ramond Murphy (Sandy) and grandson, Allen Pierce. He was a member of the First Congregational Church, Vancouver. Memorial Services will be on Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen Memorial Gardens Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be Thursday, September 27, 2012 from noon to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the American Cancer Society .

Milton Clifford Boydstun

November 9, 1921 - September 21, 2012