Question: Bob Boetticher was the lead funeral director for a former President who died in what year?

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Hail to the Chief: "Hail to the Chief" is the official Presidential Anthem of the United States.  The song's playing accompanies the appearance of the President of the United States at many public events.  For major official occasions, the United States Marine Band and other military ensembles are generally the performers, so directives of the United States Department of Defense have, since 1954, been the main basis for according it official status.  It is preceded by four ruffles and flourishes when played for the President.  The song is also played during a former President's state funeral, though it can also be played even if the funeral is not a state funeral, such as the funeral of Richard Nixon.  The song is in the public domain.

Stephen Parry (politician): Stephen Shane Parry (born 31 October 1960) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal Party senator for Tasmania since 2005.  He is the incumbent President of the Senate.  Parry was born in Burnie, Tasmania.  Before entering politics he worked as a police officer and funeral director.

Gerard Luz James: Gerard Luz James II (born March 18, 1953) is a United States Virgin Islander politician, funeral director, and businessman.  James served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1999 until 2003 and was the president of Fifth Constitutional Convention of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Guy Georgias: Guy Clement Georgias born Aguy Zvavahera Ushe in Chivhu in 1935 in Unyetu-Mutomba Village once served in the Zimbabwe government as Deputy Minister of Public Works.  At the time of his death he was a non-constituency Senator (presumably representing the Coloureds community).  He was born in 1935 and died on 19 December 2015 in Harare.  He was of the Shava totem from Mutekedza Chieftainship in Chikomba.  He was the eldest son of James Ushe Shoniwa, and could have taken over as Chief Mutekedza had it not been for his desire not to associate with his roots.  He identified as a person of Mixed Race or as a Coloured.  His brother Herbert said he did this for economic and legal reasons when he entered the City of Salisbury (now Harare) looking for economic opportunities.  That time, white colonialists favoured people of Mixed Race compared to blacks.  He was enterprising and is known for starting an engineering company, Trinity Engineering which during the early years of independence had lucrative government contracts.  One such contract involved assembling military vehicles, notably the Puma trucks.  He is known for having married 3 wives.  the first one is said to have been of Indian origin and they seared 5 children in the town of Gweru.  The second whom he married in 1977 under the old Chapter 37 (now Chapter 5:11) was black like him and she was called Manana.  With Manana, they never had any child.  The third one was Jane aka Lizzie, and they seared 5 children and Jane also had 6 children from a previous marriage.  When he died of heart attack and kidney complications in Zimbabwe on December 19 December 2015, he was declared a National Hero by the Mugabe government and was ultimately buried at the National Heroes Acre.  Although he did not fight in the war of liberation, Zvavahera was declared a national hero for challenging the European Union (EU) in court.  He sued the EU for €6 million damages for imposing sanctions on himself and the Zanu PF leadership but his application was dismissed by the EU General Court.  He himself was on the sanctions list and was denied entry in the UK in 2007.  He exhausted his personal fortune in the war against EU, but lost the case.  In President Mugabe's words at his funeral, Guy approached the government to assist him pay his lawyers.  He also asked to go with Mugabe to Venezuela to present his case but despite promises, Hugo Chavez, who was then Venezuelan President, died without offering financial support.  The government the paid the legal costs.  During his funeral, the family was divided.  Jane was recognised by the government as the wife and she participated with her children in the funeral wake.  The official funeral was organised from Rocky Lodge in Strathaven in Harare.  Manana was not recognised and together with other relatives of Guy who trouped from Chivhu, they gathered in Highlands at his other house for the funeral.  they complained to government and threatened to boycott the national shrine event.  They claim to have been instructed by CIOs (Zimbabwe Intelligence) to attend the funeral to which they did.  His rural family complained that the government did not follow traditional values.  For example they did not recognise the wife they know, Manana.  They also did not take his body to the rural village.  Further the government did not consult the rural family and allowed a daughter of 31 years named as Tina (of Mixed Race) to speak at the national shrine ahead of family elders including his 55 year old black son named Tony.

Bob Boetticher: Robert Michael "Bob" Boetticher, Sr. (born August 23, 1946) is an American funeral director, best known for the planning and implementation of memorial services for celebrities and notable individuals.  He was the lead funeral director and embalmer for the state funerals of Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, and has coordinated and directed some of the most visible funerals in recent history for a variety of well-known politicians, cabinet members, business leaders, entertainers and clergy.

Stuart Kirby: Stuart Kirby (born May 9, 1981) is a race car driver.  He has driven in ARCA, the Busch Series, and the NEXTEL Cup Series.  A former apprentice funeral director for his family's funeral home, he drove the #51 Chevrolet owned by Competitive Edge Motorsports in 2005, but was released before the season could be concluded.  He currently owns a Bruster's Ice Cream franchise in Bowling Green, KY and is still pursuing a career in racing.

Gerald Ford: Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977, following the resignation of Richard Nixon.  Prior to this he served eight months as the 40th Vice President of the United States, following the resignation of Spiro Agnew.  He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, and consequently the only person to have served as both Vice President and President of the United States without being elected to executive office.  Before his appointment to the vice presidency, Ford served 25 years as U.S. Representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district, the final nine of them as the House Minority Leader.

I. S. Leevy Johnson: Isaac Samuel Leevy Johnson (born May 16, 1942) was an American politician in the state of South Carolina.  He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1971 to 1980, representing Richland County, South Carolina.  An alumnus of the University of Minnesota and University of South Carolina, he is a lawyer and funeral director.  He was the first black president of the South Carolina Bar Association.

Howard J. Hunter, Jr.: Howard J. Hunter, Jr. (December 19, 1946 – January 7, 2007) was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifth House district, including constituents in Bertie, Gates, Hertford and Perquimans (and formerly Northampton) counties.  A funeral director from Ahoskie, North Carolina, Hunter served nine full terms in the state House of Representatives.  After being elected to a tenth term in November 2006, Hunter died on January 7, 2007, before the new legislature convened.  He was born in Washington, D.C.

Robert Nyce: Robert E. Nyce is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.  A graduate of Northampton Area Senior High School, Northampton, PA and Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA for over twenty years he was a tax professional working at Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Allentown, PA from 1970 to 1973, Manager, Credit Taxes, Insurance and Payroll at Frick Company, Waynesboro, PA from 1973 to 1975, Senior Tax Accountant for Bethlehem Steel Corporation from 1975 to 1985 and Asst. Vice President, Taxes for Chrysler First, Inc., Allentown, PA from 1985 to 1990.  He was a member of the Tax Executives Institute including Chairman of the State Tax Committee in the 1980s.  During his private sector employment, Mr. Nyce was active in his community of East Allen Township.  From 1979 to 1984 he served as a member and Chairman of the East Allen Township Municipal Authority and again from 2007 to 2013 as a member and Treasurer.  From 2011 to 2013 Mr. Nyce negotiated and helped close the sale of the East Allen Township Municipal Authority's assets to The City of Bethlehem and the Bath Borough Municipal Authority thereby ensuring high quality service of water and sewer for the future for all residents of East Allen Township.  From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Nyce served on the Northampton Area School District Board of Directors as member, Vice Chairman and Chairman.  He also served on the Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School Joint Operating Committee as member, Vice Chairman and Chairman.  In both capacities, he was responsible for normal business operations and participated in union contract negotiations with staff.  In 1990, Mr. Nyce ran for and was elected State Representative for the 138th PA House District encompassing parts of Northampton and Monroe Counties.  During his three terms in the House of Representatives he served on several important committees: Education, Local Government, Fish and Game, Finance to name a few.  In 1996 he ran for PA Auditor General in an unsuccessful bid to represent the people of PA as their financial watchdog.  Following the campaign, he was hired as the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC).  Mr. Nyce served for eight years in that capacity overseeing two major revisions to the Regulatory Review Act and many significant regulatory issues facing the residents of Pennsylvania.  The PA IRRC reviews all regulations promulgated in PA and provides citizens an opportunity to comment on and affect those regulations prior to their promulgation by the state agency that authored the regulation.  The two exceptions are the PA Fish and Boat Commission and the PA Game Commission which remain outside the regulatory review process.  In 2005, Mr. Nyce retired from state government and now resides in Northampton County.  He has been a member of the Free and Accepted Masons of PA since 1971 and the Rajah Shrine, Reading, PA since the mid-ninety's.  Mr. Nyce is a past member of the Northampton Exchange Club.  Mr. Nyce served in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1969.  Having completed his basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Lewis, Washington he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Unit, "The Old Guard" at Arlington National Cemetery where he served for about two and one half years attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant, E-6 before taking an early release to return to Moravian College in September 1969.  While serving at Arlington, SSG Nyce participated in former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's funeral, President Nixon's Inauguration and Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral.

Supporting paragraphs: Bob Boetticher Gerald Ford
Answer: 2006