Burial:
Golden Gate National Cemetery
San Bruno
San Mateo County
California, USA
Plot: Section Y Site 2221
OBIT: The Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) - Tuesday, June 17, 2014LaRue I. Boswell
July 14, 2916-June 10, 2014
Resident of Concord LaRue Boswell passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2014 in Rocklin, Ca at the age of 87.
She was born on July 14, 1926 in Manti, Utah to her loving parents Iretta and Lytle Merriam.
She was an only child and was very shy in her school years. As a young woman during the war, she worked in a parachute factory making parachutes for the paratroopers.
She met her husband Carl Boswell in Walnut Creek while visiting her cousin one summer. They were married on September 17, 1949 at her parents home in Manti, shortly after she moved to Walnut Creek. They spent 61 wonderful years together until Carl passed in 2010.
She was a gracious friend, loving wife and mother, and spent her years as a housewife taking care of her three boys. The youngest, Dennis died at the age of seven. She became very ill in the boys younger years and had to send Michael and Timothy to her mom and dads for a year and a half. This was upsetting to her but gave her a strong push to get better so her little boys could come home. She continued to have health problems through out her life but never let it slow her down.
LaRue and Carl shared the love of Iris, they were very active members of the Mt. Diablo Iris Society and The Sydney B Mitchell Iris Society in Oakland. They were awarded many awards for their outstanding Iris. In their later years they became involved in the American Iris Society traveling to Regional shows and gardens all over the US. Their yard was full, mostly of Iris but many other flowers as well. It was on tour for many years when the Iris were in full bloom. LaRue had another love, Cats! She took in strays and cats others didn't want, had them spayed/neutered and then found them homes. Not just any home, the new owners had to pass her very particular conditions. She worked with the Community Concern for Cats for a few years, helping to trap feral cats to have them spayed.
She spent her last two years with Michael, Deanne and her granddaughter "Mikie" in Orville surrounded by love and two cats, two dogs and lots of wildlife that she enjoyed to the fullest. She would watch Michael tend to his garden every day through the window during the day. At night she would sit with us and watch the Giants or other shows with a cat sleeping on her lap.
LaRue is survived by her sons, Michael (Deanne) Boswell, Timothy (Kathy) Boswell, her grand children Christopher Boswell, Michael-Ann Boswell, Steven Boswell, Terry (Francis) Thompson, T.J. (Sheri) Thompson and seven great grand children.
The service will be held at Moores Mission Funeral Home, 1390 Monument Blvd. in Concord, Ca at two o'clock on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. There will be a viewing on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m.
Marriage Notes for Carl Henry Boswell and LaRue Merriam-12868
Comments: Marriage: The Manti Messenger, 23 SEP 1949
California Man Takes Manti Bride In Home Wedding
Taking their marriage vows in a lovely home ceremony September 17, 1949 were Miss LaRue Merriam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lytle Merriam of Manti, and Carl Henry Boswell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll W. Boswell of Walnut Creek, California.
Ward Magleby, bishop of the Manti Ceneter Ward, performed the double-ring ceremony.
The bride was lovely in a white slipper satin gown entrain, with sweetheart neckline and long pointed sleeves. Her fingertip veil, edged with Chantilly lace, was caught to a lovely crown of seed pearls. She carried a white-streamered bridal bouquet of red and white roses circling a lavender orchild.
A reception at the Meriiam home honored the couple in the eveing. In the receiving line were the bride's parents; Bill Poulson of Redmond, as best man; the bride and groom; Mrs. Marjorie Poulson of Redmond, Matron of honor; Miss Marjorie Winn of Kenilworht, cousin of the bride, maid of honor; and three other cousins, Mary Merriam of Manti, Margie Nyberg of Mountain Home, and Maurine Hansen of Ephraim, bridesmaids.
Refreshments were served at small tables on the lawn with Mrs. Lloyd Boyington in charge. She was assisted by Miss Nettie Boyington, Wilma Tuttle, Janet Buchanan, Anna Mae Boyington and Edyth Tuttle.
Assisting with receiving guests and in the gift room were Mrs. Al Regan, Ellen Van Alstine, Connie Merriam and Mrs. Silas Earl Eelyvn Carpenter was in charge of the guest book.
The bride is a graduate of Manti High School. The bridegroom served in the 84th infantry division in Europe for three years. He attended the University of California and the California College of Arts and Crafts. He owns and operates a grocery store in Walnut Creek, a community about 20 miles northeast of Oakland.
After a short honeymoon in the parks of Southern Utah, Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam, the young couple will make their home at Walnut Creek.
Out-of-town guests at the wedding included Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hansen, Jack, Maurine and Morris Hansen, and Mr. and Mrs. Al Regan, all of Ephraim; Mr. and Mrs. Don Nyberg (Helene Hansen), Mountain Home; Miss Ellen Van Alstine and Miss Marjorie Nyberg, Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ludwig, Draper; Mr. and Mrs. Lorus Winn, Marjorie, Robert and Ray Winn, Kenilworth.
Find-a-Grave: Dennis Lytle Boswell
Birth: Jul. 23, 1954
Death: Apr. 26, 1961Son of Carl H. Boswell, PFC US ARMY, WORLD WAR II.
Carl and Larue are buried together beside him.
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Carl Henry Boswell (1925 - 2010)
Larue Iretta Merriam Boswell (1926 - 2014)Burial:
Golden Gate National Cemetery
San Bruno
San Mateo County
California, USA
Plot: Section Y Site 2220