Frozen Food Industry Leader, Arthur Boone, Passes Away

Harrisburg, PA – Arthur U. Boone, 87, died October 6, 2008 and services were held October 9, 2008 in Austin, TX. Arthur was a Past Chairman of the National Frozen Food Association in 1962 and was inducted into the Frozen Food Industry Hall of Fame in 1994.

Arthur graduated from Baylor University in Waco, Texas in 1943 with a degree in business and was accepted to the Harvard Business School. However, World War II ensued and he joined the Navy and served as a Lieutenant on the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga until his release from active duty in 1946.

Following World War II, Arthur began a branch operation in Austin with the Glazier Frozen Food Company of Houston, Texas. He purchased this branch in 1954 and founded Frostex Foods. In 1977, he was joined by his son, Bill, and this Boone team expanded Frostex Foods into a major regional distributor selling frozen foods, grocery products, paper products and equipment to the entire food service industry in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. Frostex Foods was merged with Kraft Foods in 1987.

Arthur was preceded in death by his daughter Mary Carol Boone and by sisters Ruth Fusselle, Martha Foust and Nan Arendall. He is survived by his wife, Mary Cunningham Boone of Austin; his son, Bill and Ann Boone of Austin; his son, Jim and Susan Boone of Houston; as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made either to the Austin Steam Train Association, P.O. Box 1632, Austin, Texas 78767 or to Hyde Park Baptist Church, 3901 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78751.

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