Erik Richard Boettcher

Erik Boettcher, 47, passed away on August 24, 2017, at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines after a courageous battle with cancer.

Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m., Monday, August 28, 2017, at Hamilton’s Altoona Funeral Home, 105 4th Street SW, with burial to follow at Altoona Cemetery. The family will receive visitors, Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m., at the funeral home.

Erik was born in Des Moines, Iowa on August 3, 1970, to Richard and Sharilynne (Hamlin) Boettcher. Family was most important to Erik and he always had time for friends. He enjoyed playing darts and liked visiting the Spam Museum. Erik was a kind and generous soul with a ridiculous sense of humor. He was much loved, will be missed by all, and was a blessing in the many lives he touched. His only living regret was that in the winter of 1984, his mother never took him to the movie “Night of the Comet,” even though she had promised him that she would!

Erik is survived by his children, Alison Snyder, Gage Thompson, Catherine Boettcher and Sarah Boettcher; significant other, Paddie LaBruyere; mother, Sharilynne Boettcher; siblings, Michelle Boettcher (Leslie Lewis) and Kirk Boettcher (Jared Saks); nephew, Zachary Boettcher; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins and other extended family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Boettcher and his grandparents, James and Leota Hamlin and Clarence and Cora Boettcher.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Leukemia Society in loving memory of Erik.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.co

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