The Boys in the Boattrue story reveals that Joe Rantz met girlfriend Joyce Simdars when he was going to school in Sequim, Washington. They became close friends. Before starting college, Joe proposed to Joyce, who would also attend the University of Washington. ...
Rantz was born in 1914 in Spokane, Washington. His mother died when he was a toddler and his dad eventually remarried. Unfortunately, Rantz and his stepmother had a fraught relationship. One day, he came home from school and his entire family had packed up their belongings and left—...