Ethel 'Mickey' Boggs, a member of a historic Las Vegas Valley family, died Friday at age 91.
Boggs died of natural causes at the Shadow Mountain Transitional Care Center. Born on Sept. 15, 1907, in Las Vegas to Fred Kessler and Rose Kessler Warren, she worked as a nurse and was also a homemaker.
Boggs' mother was a prominent philanthropist and midwife to Las Vegas women. Her contributions to the community led officials to name the Rose Warren Elementary School, near Torrey Pines Drive and West Charleston Boulevard, in her honor.
Boggs' brother, Ernest May, was the first Las Vegas police officer killed in the line of duty. May was shot in June 1933 by a proprietor at the old Clark Auto Court Motel on South Fifth Street while investigating a call about a man with a gun.
Boggs' grandfather, James Calvin Earl, was a member of a 150-person team of Mormons sent by Brigham Young to establish St. George, Utah.
Boggs' son, Bill, said Saturday that his mother worked as a nurse for the Boulder City and Rose DeLima hospitals in the 1950s, but most of her life was dedicated to her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, William A. Boggs, a longtime Boulder Dam worker.
'When she grew up in Las Vegas there were probably 800 people. She missed the old Las Vegas where you could walk up Fremont Street and see people you knew,' Bill Boggs said. 'But she wasn't one of those who hate the growth. She loved to see the development, the new casinos and the beauty of Las Vegas as it grew.'
Boggs is survived by four sons, Bill and Tom of Las Vegas, Luke Hinman of Florence, Ore., and Ernest J. Boggs of Veneta, Ore.; a daughter, Johnna Hinman Emmanuel, also of Florence, Ore.; 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Ethel 'Mickey' Boggs, a member of a historic Las Vegas Valley family, died Friday at age 91.
Boggs died of natural causes at the Shadow Mountain Transitional Care Center. Born on Sept. 15, 1907, in Las Vegas to Fred Kessler and Rose Kessler Warren, she worked as a nurse and was also a homemaker.
Boggs' mother was a prominent philanthropist and midwife to Las Vegas women. Her contributions to the community led officials to name the Rose Warren Elementary School, near Torrey Pines Drive and West Charleston Boulevard, in her honor.
Boggs' brother, Ernest May, was the first Las Vegas police officer killed in the line of duty. May was shot in June 1933 by a proprietor at the old Clark Auto Court Motel on South Fifth Street while investigating a call about a man with a gun.
Boggs' grandfather, James Calvin Earl, was a member of a 150-person team of Mormons sent by Brigham Young to establish St. George, Utah.
Boggs' son, Bill, said Saturday that his mother worked as a nurse for the Boulder City and Rose DeLima hospitals in the 1950s, but most of her life was dedicated to her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, William A. Boggs, a longtime Boulder Dam worker.
'When she grew up in Las Vegas there were probably 800 people. She missed the old Las Vegas where you could walk up Fremont Street and see people you knew,' Bill Boggs said. 'But she wasn't one of those who hate the growth. She loved to see the development, the new casinos and the beauty of Las Vegas as it grew.'
Boggs is survived by four sons, Bill and Tom of Las Vegas, Luke Hinman of Florence, Ore., and Ernest J. Boggs of Veneta, Ore.; a daughter, Johnna Hinman Emmanuel, also of Florence, Ore.; 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
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