Boose, Raymond Vaughn

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• Reference Number: BOOS.R006
• _FGRAVE: 133255996
• Military Service: United States Army Reserves
• Funeral: 25 Jul 2014, Beecher City Church of Christ, Beecher City, Effingham County, Illinois

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He served in the Army Reserves as a Medic from 1961-1969. He retired after 30 years from Fedders in Effingham and then worked for Marathon Petroleum in St. Elmo for 10 years. He owned and operated Sugar Tree Plantation north of St. Elmo from 1987-1999. He was strong in his faith and a dedicated member of Beecher City Church of Christ in Beecher City where he served as a deacon and later as an elder

Died:
Raymond Vaughn Boose, Jr, 70, of St. Elmo, died at 3:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Lutheran Care Center, Altamont.

Buried:
Burial will follow at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, rural Altamont with military rites by Grobengieser-Fischer American Legion Post 512 and Gieseking-Schwerdtfeger VFW Post 7676.

Family/Spouse: Seibert, V.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Boose, R.
2. Boose, T.

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• Reference Number: BOOS.R002
• _FGRAVE: 196617798
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Company A, 179th Infantry Division

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Raymond Vaughn Boose, 106 of Louisville passed away at 9:50 am on Sunday, February 3, 2019 at his home in Louisville.

He was born on April 23, 1912 in Bible Grove, the son of the late Loam and Gertrude (Fopay) Boose. Raymond married Loma McCollum on April 12, 1941 in Wood River, IL and she preceded him in death on October 15, 1991. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. At the time of his death, Mr. Boose was the oldest living veteran in the state of Illinois.

Raymond was the superintendent of maintenance and transportation at the North Clay School District and is remembered fondly as the bus driver for many students over the years. He was also a craftsman and carpenter. He was a 50 year Master Mason at Flora Lodge #204 and a member of the Louisville American Legion Post #914. He enjoyed looking for arrowheads, loved hunting and fishing, St. Louis Cardinal baseball and was very involved in his family. He enjoyed spending time with all of the children and grandchildren. Raymond was a good man and loved by many and will be missed by all who knew him.

He is survived by three sons; Bob Ed (Tammy) Boose of Xenia, Mike Boose of Frostproof, FL and Stuart (Cindy) Boose of Louisville, two daughters; Debbie (George) Cammon of The Woodlands, TX and De Ann (Andy) Miller of Marshall, IL and a total of 100 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren and by several nieces, nephews and good friends. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by a son, Raymond Vaughn Boose Jr., two sisters; Beldora Leach and Bonnie Thelma Boose, a brother; Ed Boose and by a granddaughter, Kristen Miranda Boose.

Private graveside services honoring the life of Raymond will be conducted at Orchard Hill Cemetery in Louisville where military rites will be accorded. Bro. Tim Van Dyke will officiate. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at the Triplett & Neal Funeral Home in Louisville from 6 until 8:00 pm. Masonic Rites will be conducted at 8:00 pm. Memorial contributions in Mr. Boose’s memory are suggested to the American Cancer Society. You are invited to share your memories of Raymond and leave a condolence at www.triplettandneal.com

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on 3 December 1943. Departed the continental U.S. on 9 July 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Saw combat as a Rifleman with Company K, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division in the southern France (including D-Day) and Rhineland campaigns. Wounded by a bullet through the calf but stayed in action in early September 1944. On or about 29 November 1944 near Bouxwiller, France cited for meritorious achievement in ground operations against the enemy. Severely wounded in early 1945 as his unit moved into Germany. Evacuated to England and thence to stateside hospitals. Earned The Combat Infantryman Badge, The Bronze Star Medal, The Purple Heart Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster, The American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars and The Good Conduct Medal. After recuperation, honorable discharge with a Certificate of Disability as a Private First Class from the Percy Jones Hospital Center at Fort Custer, Michigan on 25 June 1945.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.


Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1887129

Died:
On Sunday, Feb 3, 2019, Raymond Vaughn Boose, age 106, of Louisville, IL, the oldest living veteran in IL and Clay County's oldest resident passed away.

Buried:
Private graveside services honoring the life of Raymond will be conducted at Orchard Hill Cemetery in Louisville where military rites will be accorded. Bro. Tim Van Dyke will officiate. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at the Triplett & Neal Funeral Home in Louisville from 6 until 8:00 pm. Masonic Rites will be conducted at 8:00 pm. Memorial contributions in Mr. Boose’s memory are suggested to the American Cancer Society. You are invited to share your memories of Raymond and leave a condolence at www.triplettandneal.com

Raymond married McCullom, Loma Lee on 12 Apr 1941 in Wood River, Madison County, Illinois. Loma was born on 28 Oct 1918; died on 15 Oct 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MCCO.L007
• _FGRAVE: 29920586

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• Reference Number: BOOS.L001

Lome + Fopay, Gertrude May. Gertrude was born on 9 May 1886 in Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois; died on 14 Aug 1967 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: FOPA.G001

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• Reference Number: BOOS.E001
• _FGRAVE: 21038460
• Military Service: American Civil War, Private, Company D, 54th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Notes:

To this union eleven children were born, five preceding her to the better land. She united with the Christian church in 1878 in which she lived a faithful Christian life. She was a kind friend and neighbor and an affectionate companion and mother. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Susie Quakenbush and Mrs. Frankie Hodges; four sons, Truman, Lome, Wash and Emerson Boose; twenty-three grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn her loss. Aunt Fanny, as we always called her, was a good neighbor and had a pleasant word for everyone, and while it is our loss, it is her gain.

All was done that loving hands and constant attention could do at the time of her death, and the end came finding her ready and willing to go. She often expressed that assurance of a home beyond the sky and often telling her children that she was just patiently waiting for the Lord to call her home to that peaceful rest. The Lord's will be done, and that she is taken from us, we can meet again if we but hold out faithful until the end of life.

Military Service:
Civil War veteran, Company D, 54th Illinois Infantry Regiment who served as a private from 18 February 1862 until 15 October 1865.

Name: Elias Boose ,
Residence: Mason, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 15 Nov 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 November 1861.
Enlisted in Company D, 54th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 16 Feb 1862.
Mustered Out Company D, 54th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 15 Oct 1865 at Little Rock, AR.

For the 1850 census on 31 August 1850 he was living with his parents and three siblings in Clay County, Illinois.

For the 1860 census on 27 August 1860 he was with his parents and three siblings in Ingraham Prairie, Clay County, Illinois. His neighbor was his future wife Frances Matilda Handley.

Extract: 1880 United States Census
Census Place: Bible Grove, Clay, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254181; National Archives Film T9-0181; Page 258C

For the 1900 census on 16 June 1900 he was with his wife, six children and a daughter-in-law in Bible Grove Township, Clay County, Illinois.

He was 5' 8" with light hair, blue eyes and dark complexion.

Elias married Handley, Francis Matilda 'Aunt Fannie' on 8 Sep 1866. Francis (daughter of Handley, John and Lowry, Mary A.) was born on 18 Aug 1845 in Paoli, Orange County, Indiana; died on 16 Jan 1916 in Dieterich, Effingham County, Illinois; was buried in Bible Grove Cemetery, Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: HAND.F001
• Funeral: M. E. Church, Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois