Emmett A. Bozung's Obituary
EMMETT AMBROSE BOZUNG February 9, 1943 - May 1, 2023 Preceded in death by parents Anthony Jacob Bozung and Hildegard Clare (Schornack) Bozung. He is survived by son Dennis Bozung and siblings: Jeannette Burton, Roy Bozung, Louise Poole, Mary Rawlings, Anthony Bozung Jr., Nicholas Bozung, John Bozung and many nieces and nephews and extended family. He was born in Ionia, Michigan and moved with the family to Washington state in 1947. Emmett is the first of the eight Bozung children to pass even though he was the fourth in line of birth. Emmett attended Federal Way, Saint Leo's and Holy Rosary grade schools in Tacoma and graduated from Foster High School in Riverton Heights. After graduation Emmett soon went to work for Pierce County maintenance and then later for the County Road department from where he retired. Emmett met and married Kathy Martin here in Tacoma and purchased a house on the East Side where they raised their son Dennis.
Emmett was a man of many talents from fixing cars (he loved tools), making windmills, bird houses and chimes to fishing and collecting 20 or so fishing poles, but never eating any of the fish he caught. He also had a green thumb and enjoyed gardening and keeping his yard up nicely, and he enjoyed bowling with his brother Nicholas for many years.
He was always available to help anyone and everyone, he taught his brother Nick how to tune up his first car and when Nick needed a new fence in his yard, Emmett was right there ready to help build it, and he helped his sister Jeannette and her husband Bob with projects down at their beach cabin and at their house in Tacoma, he helped so many of his family members and friends.
While working for Pierce County Emmett met Leonard Schmitt and they became great friends and enjoyed working on cars together. Emmett soon became a die-hard Ford man, never to ever buy anything but a Ford manufactured other than the old Harley Davidson motorcycle that he owned, which showed a bit of the wild side of Emmett. He enjoyed making others laugh, when asked "if, there was anything he needed, his reply was always "a bundle of $50s" and also he liked handing out round cutout cardboard cards with Round to it hand written on them.
Emmett will be greatly missed by many, we hope he knew just how special he was. Special thanks to his son Dennis for his devoted care and also the Hospice team.
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