The Rev. Richard Boger Jr. died suddenly Friday, July 30, 2004. He was 52. For the past three years he was the pastor of Saint Michael's Lutheran Church in High Point. From 1990 to 1998, he served as pastor of Nazareth Lutheran Church in Rural Hall. During the 10 preceding years he was the pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, N.C. Pastor Boger received his bachelor of arts degree from Lenior-Rhyne College and his master of divinity degree from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. In 1979 he interned at Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City, Ga., where he married his high-school sweetheart the following April. Pastor Boger is survived by his wife, Jill Howard; his son, John Michael Howard Boger; and his sister, Cheryl Schwartz. There will be a memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, at Saint Michael's Lutheran Church, 100 Skeet Club Road, High Point. Memorials may be sent to the National Gifted Children's Fund, HCR 80 Box 42, Venango, NE 69268, online at www.ngcfcharity.org
Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 8/3/2004.
Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 8/3/2004.
The Rev. Richard Boger Jr. died suddenly Friday, July 30, 2004. He was 52. For the past three years he was the pastor of Saint Michael's Lutheran Church in High Point. From 1990 to 1998, he served as pastor of Nazareth Lutheran Church in Rural Hall. During the 10 preceding years he was the pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, N.C. Pastor Boger received his bachelor of arts degree from Lenior-Rhyne College and his master of divinity degree from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. In 1979 he interned at Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City, Ga., where he married his high-school sweetheart the following April. Pastor Boger is survived by his wife, Jill Howard; his son, John Michael Howard Boger; and his sister, Cheryl Schwartz. There will be a memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, at Saint Michael's Lutheran Church, 100 Skeet Club Road, High Point. Memorials may be sent to the National Gifted Children's Fund, HCR 80 Box 42, Venango, NE 69268, online at www.ngcfcharity.org
Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 8/3/2004.
Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 8/3/2004.
