Robert E. Boeddiker

Approaching 101 years old, Robert (Bob) Edward Boeddiker departed this life on March 23, 2022, in Carmel, California. He was born on March 28, 1921 to Mother Grace A. Long Boeddiker and Father Wilhelm Otto Boeddiker. Bob was born in San Francisco at Saint Francis Hospital. He gradationed from Lowell High School in 1938. He continued on to the University of California Berkeley to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, class of 1943, and then the University of San Francisco to earn a Bachelor of Law Degree, class of 1949. He was married to Jean Boeddiker for twenty years and prior to Jean, his late wife Shirley Peterson Boeddiker for fifty five years. Bob was employed by Marsh McLennan and later joined his friend John McCracken to form McCracken Boeddiker Insurance in Menlo Park.

He was very proud of his military service in the United States Marine Corps. Bob enlisted in 1942 and began active duty in 1943. He became a commissioned officer in 1944 and served in Hawaii, Guam and Okinawa in the mid 1940’s. Bob was called back to active duty for the Korean War in 1951 and retired from the Marine Corps Reserves as a Lt. Colonel in 1981. Oorah! Bob was passionate about service and was an active member of the Menlo Park Kiwanis Club for over 30 years. He served as the Director of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District and he was also the Director of the Palo Alto Boys Club for many years. His other passion was golf. He was a founding member of Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club in Menlo Park and it was in his 90’s when he received not one but two holes-in-one. Today there is an annual golf tournament in his honor called the Bob Boeddiker Invitational at Monterey Pines.

Bob is survived by his spouse Jean Boeddiker and his children Bob, Jim (Maggie), Tom (Margaret), Kitty (Larry), Bud (Chris), Carol (Doug), Bill (Bob), seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at Carmel Mission on Wednesday, March 30 at 11:00 am.