Obituaries:  Rev. Giles Boyer, Sabine Parish       B-600
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 2, 1988
Submitted by: Ruth Estess
              restess42@cs.com


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The Sabine Index

  Rev. Giles Boyer - June 2, 1988

  The Rev. Father Giles Boyer, 60, pastor of St. Ann's Church,
Ebarb, La. died Sunday morning, May 29, 1988 after a lengthy
illness.

  Father Boyer was born on June 10, 1928, in Montreal, Canada and
ordained to the Catholic Priesthood Nov. 1, 1954, by Bishop
Charles P. Green, for service in the Diocese of Alexandria.

  Father Boyer served in parishes in Alexandria, Hessmer,
Brouillette, Pelican, Vivian and Tallulah, his last assignment as
pastor of St. Ann's in Ebarb and St. Catherine in Noble for the
past 12 years.

  A concelebrated mass of Christian burial was held at St. Ann's
Church, Ebarb, on Wednesday, June 1, 1988, 11 a.m. with Monsignor
Walter E. Walsh, Vicar General of the Diocese of Shreveport
presiding. Burial took place in Montreal, Canada.

  Father Boyer is survived by three sisters, Madeleine, Margie and
Carman, and three brothers, Claude, Jacque and John Mark; as well
as nephews and nieces, all in Canada.

  Memorials may be made to the Priest's Retirement Fund of the
Diocese of Shreveport.