Lester H. Boggs, 91, of Springfield died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2006, at St. John's Hospital.
He was born Aug. 13, 1915, in Mount Pulaski, the son of Arthur and Ethel Wyrick Boggs. He married Mary Follis in 1940.
Mr. Boggs was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in Japan, and played in the U.S. Army 14-piece orchestra. He worked for the state of Illinois for 32 years and retired as a mechanic from Central Management Services. He was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church.
Survivors: wife, Mary; son, Ron (wife, Donna) Boggs of Springfield; a grandson; sister, Ethel Bowen of Waverly; two brothers, Arthur Boggs of Taylorville and Ennis (wife, Rebecca) Boggs of Virden; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, Steenbergen Cemetery Chapel, Mount Pulaski, Kathy A. Swaar and Bill Shanle officiating. Burial: Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Staab Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL)
Date: September 6, 2006
Page: 14
He was born Aug. 13, 1915, in Mount Pulaski, the son of Arthur and Ethel Wyrick Boggs. He married Mary Follis in 1940.
Mr. Boggs was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in Japan, and played in the U.S. Army 14-piece orchestra. He worked for the state of Illinois for 32 years and retired as a mechanic from Central Management Services. He was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church.
Survivors: wife, Mary; son, Ron (wife, Donna) Boggs of Springfield; a grandson; sister, Ethel Bowen of Waverly; two brothers, Arthur Boggs of Taylorville and Ennis (wife, Rebecca) Boggs of Virden; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, Steenbergen Cemetery Chapel, Mount Pulaski, Kathy A. Swaar and Bill Shanle officiating. Burial: Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Staab Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL)
Date: September 6, 2006
Page: 14
Lester H. Boggs, 91, of Springfield died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2006, at St. John's Hospital.
He was born Aug. 13, 1915, in Mount Pulaski, the son of Arthur and Ethel Wyrick Boggs. He married Mary Follis in 1940.
Mr. Boggs was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in Japan, and played in the U.S. Army 14-piece orchestra. He worked for the state of Illinois for 32 years and retired as a mechanic from Central Management Services. He was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church.
Survivors: wife, Mary; son, Ron (wife, Donna) Boggs of Springfield; a grandson; sister, Ethel Bowen of Waverly; two brothers, Arthur Boggs of Taylorville and Ennis (wife, Rebecca) Boggs of Virden; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, Steenbergen Cemetery Chapel, Mount Pulaski, Kathy A. Swaar and Bill Shanle officiating. Burial: Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Staab Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL)
Date: September 6, 2006
Page: 14
He was born Aug. 13, 1915, in Mount Pulaski, the son of Arthur and Ethel Wyrick Boggs. He married Mary Follis in 1940.
Mr. Boggs was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in Japan, and played in the U.S. Army 14-piece orchestra. He worked for the state of Illinois for 32 years and retired as a mechanic from Central Management Services. He was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church.
Survivors: wife, Mary; son, Ron (wife, Donna) Boggs of Springfield; a grandson; sister, Ethel Bowen of Waverly; two brothers, Arthur Boggs of Taylorville and Ennis (wife, Rebecca) Boggs of Virden; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, Steenbergen Cemetery Chapel, Mount Pulaski, Kathy A. Swaar and Bill Shanle officiating. Burial: Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Staab Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL)
Date: September 6, 2006
Page: 14
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