Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Boger, Roger I.    March 14, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/16/2008
  Boger, Roger I.    
   
   
  Roger I. Boger LEBANON Roger I. Boger, 87, of Cornwall Manor, formerly of 
  Lebanon, died Friday, March 14, 2008, in Cornwall Manor. He was the husband of 
  Thelma Boyer Boger, with whom he celebrated a 66th wedding anniversary in 
  January. They were married in the former Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church 
  on January 24, 1942, by the Rev. Alfred Kuder. He was the son of the late Irvin 
  and Elizabeth Pressel Boger. He was born in Lebanon on January 17, 1921. He was 
  a member of Trinity United Methodist Church since 1942. He was a 1938 graduate 
  of Lebanon High School, and retired from the Bethlehem Steel Foundry in 1982, 
  where he was the boiler shop foreman. He attended the Lincoln Electric Welding 
  & Proper Maintenance Schooling in Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit Engineering, Tool & 
  Die Welding Co. in Detroit, Mich., and the American Welding Society. He served 
  in the U.S. Army with Co. B, 175th Engineers, in Italy during World War II as a 
  staff sergeant. He received two Bronze Battle Stars. While stationed in Italy, 
  he participated in the construction of the largest semi-permanent railroad 
  bridge ever built by the army engineers over the Po River, spanning 1, 260 
  feet. He was a member of Mount Lebanon Lodge No. 226 F&AM, where he served as 
  worshipful master in 1970; member of Quittapahilla Forest No. 25 Tall Cedars, 
  where he served as grand tall cedar in 1975. He was a member of the Harrisburg 
  Consistory, Zembo Temple Shrine, Lebanon County Shrine Club, Lebanon Council 
  No. 127, Weidle Royal Arch Chapter No. 197, Hermit Commandery Lebanon Council 
  No. 27, charter member of the Quittie Woods, where he was treasurer for 11 
  years. He was also a member of the American Legion Post No. 72, TPA Post "E," 
  Lebanon Senior Center, and was a member of the Highland Manor Hunting Club in 
  Lycoming County, as well as the Cornwall Manor Society. In addition to his 
  wife, he is survived by son, David L. Boger of Jonestown; daughter, Rhonda S. 
  Slaten of Lebanon; granddaughters, Sherine S. Yordy of Lebanon, Amy J. Boger of 
  Fredericksburg; greatgrandchildren, Peter Karpew Jr. of Christ Church, New 
  Zealand, Gabrielle Shifflett of Lebanon, Juddson Erdman of Annville; great-
  greatgrandchildren, twins, Amelia and Owen Sidauga of Fredericksburg. He is 
  preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Ann Witman, formerly of Hughesville, 
  Pa. Private funeral service will be held at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, 
  Annville. Masonic service will be held Monday at 6:45 p.m. in the Rohland 
  Funeral Home Inc., Fifth and Cumberland streets, followed by a viewing from 7-8 
  p.m. in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Masonic 
  Charities, One Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022; or Trinity U.M. Church, 
  757 Willow St., Lebanon 17046.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/16/2008.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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