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Lawrence Bernard Boggess

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Lawrence Bernard Boggess

Birth
Chickasaw County, Iowa, USA
Death
12 Nov 1962 (aged 45)
New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Alta Vista, Chickasaw County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Lawrence Boggess, 45, died of cancer Monday night at the New Hampton hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church here with burial in Union Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the Paul Johann Post of the VFW, Conway Funeral Home, Elma, is in charge.

Boggess servered with the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He saw service in Attu the Philippines and Okinawa, earned two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.

Surviving are his wife, the former Eleanor Bally; seven children all in school; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Boggess, near North Washington, six brothers and five sisters. (Globe-Gazette, Mason City, IA, November 13, 1962)
Lawrence Boggess, 45, died of cancer Monday night at the New Hampton hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church here with burial in Union Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the Paul Johann Post of the VFW, Conway Funeral Home, Elma, is in charge.

Boggess servered with the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He saw service in Attu the Philippines and Okinawa, earned two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.

Surviving are his wife, the former Eleanor Bally; seven children all in school; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Boggess, near North Washington, six brothers and five sisters. (Globe-Gazette, Mason City, IA, November 13, 1962)

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Unfortunately, the year of death on the grave marker is in error, should be Nov 12, 1962, per the Iowa Death Certificate

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