OBIT: Robert E. BOGER, 1998, native of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BOGER Robert E. Boger, 73, of Grantsville, Md., formerly of Meyersdale, died Jan. 4, 1998, in Grantsville. Born March 11, 1924, in Meyersdale. A son of the late Homer P. and Sadie S. (Swearman) Boger. Also preceded in death by a brother, Donald D. Boger, in 1934. Survived by a brother, Homer S. Boger, Meyersdale, and a sister, Kathleen B. Shockey, Bridgeport, W.Va.; two nieces: Karen McIver and Kathleen Schoffstall; three nephews: William H. Boger, Thomas A. Boger, and Robert H. Shockey. Graduate of Pennsylvania State University. Retired from the U.S. Army and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for action in the South Pacific during World War II. Friends will be received from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, where service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, with Pastor Thomas Homer officiating. Interment, Hays Church Cemetery. Daily American, January 6, 1998 [B1979]