Lloyd Keith Boggs |
| Posted 2009-12-29 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona Sunday, January 26, 2003 Lloyd Keith Boggs, 82, formerly of Selma, Indiana passed away January 10, 2003 at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. Keith purchased his home in Scottsdale in 1997 to escape the cold Indiana winters. Due to ill health, he sold his beloved Crestwood farm and made his Arizona home his permanent address in 2000 in the Terravita community. He was born on a farm near Farmland, to Hilda Garringer Boggs and Samuel Plummer Boggs. He grew up in Randolph and Delaware County. He graduated from Royerton High School in 1939. He played on the Varsity basketball team and played the clarinet in the high school band. He greatly enjoyed the contacts he kept with his high school classmates throughout his entire life. He married Marie Elizabeth Creviston on June 26, 1941. In January of 1943, he was in WWII serving under General George Patton in the 253rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion "C" Battery. He served until December 1945. He worked at Warner Gear for over 40 years and retired as a supervisor in 1975. He also retired from the US Postal Service where he was a rural carrier. His memberships include the Whitney Lodge 229, F&AM; the Central Indiana Old Car Club; the Moose Lodge 33; and he attended the Union Chapel Methodist Church. Survivors include his special friend and companion who was by his bedside at the time of death, Sandra Myers of Albany; his three daughters, Dr. Rachel E. Kaufman, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Martha "Marty" Howell, (husband-George), Arlington, Texas; Mary Ann Lowther, (husband-John), Scottsdale, Arizona; his grandchildren; Lisa Nicodemus, (husband-Desi), Scottsdale, Arizona; Joshua Kaufman, San Diego, California; Adam Howell, Arlington, Texas; John Keith Lowther, Scottsdale, Arizona and Max Lowther, Scottsdale, Arizona. Also surviving are his sister, Louise Addington, (husband- Vern), Anderson; three brothers, J. Edwin Boggs, (wife-June), Muncie; Robert Boggs, (wife-Helen), Selma; Philip Boggs, (wife-Jean Ann), Muncie and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Marie of 52 years. Services were held at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, January 16th in The Meeks Mortuary Chapel, Muncie, Indiana with Pastor Joe Williamson officiating. He was laid to rest next to his deceased wife, Marie in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Selma, Indiana. Memorials may be directed to a charity of donor's choice. Courtesy of Pat Wilson |
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