Gordon Boswell, Jr., a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a resident of Baton Rouge, died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 86 and a native of Bay St. Louis, Miss. He served as a company commander with the 1st Infantry Division, the "Big Red One," during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St. Visiting at Trinity Episcopal Church, Stanford Avenue at Morning Glory Avenue, until service, conducted by the Rev. Ralph Howe. Interment in Port Hudson National Cemetery.
Survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Gordon III and Cheryl Lindsey Boswell, Denham Springs; a sister and brother-in-law, Jane Boswell and William Robinson, Vero Beach, Fla.; two brothers, retired U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Lee Boswell, a veteran of World War II, of Gretna, and U.S. Army Sgt. Laurie Boswell, a veteran of World War II and the invasion of Normandy, and his wife, Marian Boswell of Covington; two grandchildren, Brett Boswell, Arlington, Texas, and Fara Renee Musser, Ponchatoula; and a great-granddaughter, Anna Renee Musser.
Preceded in death by his wife, Martha Ware Dunn Boswell; parents, Gordon Sr. and Laura Lee Boswell; and a brother, Gantt Chandler Boswell, who served in the U.S. Navy as an aviator during World War II and was killed in action during the battle of Guadalcanal in 1944. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, pass commander of Military Order of World Wars and Free and Accepted Masons.
Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) - Tuesday, December 16, 2003.
Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St. Visiting at Trinity Episcopal Church, Stanford Avenue at Morning Glory Avenue, until service, conducted by the Rev. Ralph Howe. Interment in Port Hudson National Cemetery.
Survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Gordon III and Cheryl Lindsey Boswell, Denham Springs; a sister and brother-in-law, Jane Boswell and William Robinson, Vero Beach, Fla.; two brothers, retired U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Lee Boswell, a veteran of World War II, of Gretna, and U.S. Army Sgt. Laurie Boswell, a veteran of World War II and the invasion of Normandy, and his wife, Marian Boswell of Covington; two grandchildren, Brett Boswell, Arlington, Texas, and Fara Renee Musser, Ponchatoula; and a great-granddaughter, Anna Renee Musser.
Preceded in death by his wife, Martha Ware Dunn Boswell; parents, Gordon Sr. and Laura Lee Boswell; and a brother, Gantt Chandler Boswell, who served in the U.S. Navy as an aviator during World War II and was killed in action during the battle of Guadalcanal in 1944. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, pass commander of Military Order of World Wars and Free and Accepted Masons.
Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) - Tuesday, December 16, 2003.
Gordon Boswell, Jr., a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a resident of Baton Rouge, died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 86 and a native of Bay St. Louis, Miss. He served as a company commander with the 1st Infantry Division, the "Big Red One," during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St. Visiting at Trinity Episcopal Church, Stanford Avenue at Morning Glory Avenue, until service, conducted by the Rev. Ralph Howe. Interment in Port Hudson National Cemetery.
Survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Gordon III and Cheryl Lindsey Boswell, Denham Springs; a sister and brother-in-law, Jane Boswell and William Robinson, Vero Beach, Fla.; two brothers, retired U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Lee Boswell, a veteran of World War II, of Gretna, and U.S. Army Sgt. Laurie Boswell, a veteran of World War II and the invasion of Normandy, and his wife, Marian Boswell of Covington; two grandchildren, Brett Boswell, Arlington, Texas, and Fara Renee Musser, Ponchatoula; and a great-granddaughter, Anna Renee Musser.
Preceded in death by his wife, Martha Ware Dunn Boswell; parents, Gordon Sr. and Laura Lee Boswell; and a brother, Gantt Chandler Boswell, who served in the U.S. Navy as an aviator during World War II and was killed in action during the battle of Guadalcanal in 1944. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, pass commander of Military Order of World Wars and Free and Accepted Masons.
Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) - Tuesday, December 16, 2003.
Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St. Visiting at Trinity Episcopal Church, Stanford Avenue at Morning Glory Avenue, until service, conducted by the Rev. Ralph Howe. Interment in Port Hudson National Cemetery.
Survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Gordon III and Cheryl Lindsey Boswell, Denham Springs; a sister and brother-in-law, Jane Boswell and William Robinson, Vero Beach, Fla.; two brothers, retired U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Lee Boswell, a veteran of World War II, of Gretna, and U.S. Army Sgt. Laurie Boswell, a veteran of World War II and the invasion of Normandy, and his wife, Marian Boswell of Covington; two grandchildren, Brett Boswell, Arlington, Texas, and Fara Renee Musser, Ponchatoula; and a great-granddaughter, Anna Renee Musser.
Preceded in death by his wife, Martha Ware Dunn Boswell; parents, Gordon Sr. and Laura Lee Boswell; and a brother, Gantt Chandler Boswell, who served in the U.S. Navy as an aviator during World War II and was killed in action during the battle of Guadalcanal in 1944. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, pass commander of Military Order of World Wars and Free and Accepted Masons.
Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) - Tuesday, December 16, 2003.
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