Dive summary:
- A memorial service was held Sunday for Eugene H. "Gene" Boeke Jr., who ran numerous major construction projects in Atlanta for Beers Construction and earned national renown and respect for his expertise in building with reinforced concrete.
- Boeke passed away Sept. 29 of heart failure at the age of 86. He would have been 87 on Sunday. He was retired from Beers, now part of Skanska, but kept an office there and worked with builders coming up.
- Outside work, Boeke was known in Georgia and nationally as a gardener specializing in dahlias and was a Boy Scout leader.
From the article:
As a Beers Construction supervisor, Gene Boeke was site boss in the raising of some of Atlanta’s most prominent structures — 191 Peachtree Towers, Coca-Cola International headquarters, the first Piedmont Hospital building, One Capital City Plaza, to name a few. ...
