Officer Boyd Spikerman, 32, Wisconsin Dells, was killed in the Juneau housing unit at the Federal Correctional Institute in Oxford, Wisconsin, by an inmate who wanted to kill a guard hoping to gain status in the eyes of other inmates.
Services held
for slain guard
WESTFIELD — Boyd Spikerman
was buried Thursday at the Harris-
ville Cemetery, while a large number
of his family and colleagues looked
on.
Spikerman, 32, was killed Sunday
at the federal Oxford Correctional In-
stitution, about 20 miles northeast of
Wisconsin Dells...
while he worked as a guard in
one of the cottage housing units.
About 300 people crowded into the
small Good Shepherd Catholic
Church to say goodbye.
The body, in a silver casket, was
wheeled out of the church as guards
in official blue blazers dabbed at their
eyes and put their arms around each
other in comfort and support...
--excerpt from Wisconsin State Journal (Doug Mell), Madison, Wisconsin; Friday, February 3, 1984
Boyd Spikerman was the fiancé of Susan Gilgann (intentionally entered as spouse).
Name Boyd Harvey Spikerman
Death Date 29 Jan 1984
Death County Adams, Wisconsin, USA
Certificate 002799
Note:
Death location: New Chester, Adams County
Nearest post office: Oxford, Marquette County
Services held
for slain guard
WESTFIELD — Boyd Spikerman
was buried Thursday at the Harris-
ville Cemetery, while a large number
of his family and colleagues looked
on.
Spikerman, 32, was killed Sunday
at the federal Oxford Correctional In-
stitution, about 20 miles northeast of
Wisconsin Dells...
while he worked as a guard in
one of the cottage housing units.
About 300 people crowded into the
small Good Shepherd Catholic
Church to say goodbye.
The body, in a silver casket, was
wheeled out of the church as guards
in official blue blazers dabbed at their
eyes and put their arms around each
other in comfort and support...
--excerpt from Wisconsin State Journal (Doug Mell), Madison, Wisconsin; Friday, February 3, 1984
Boyd Spikerman was the fiancé of Susan Gilgann (intentionally entered as spouse).
Name Boyd Harvey Spikerman
Death Date 29 Jan 1984
Death County Adams, Wisconsin, USA
Certificate 002799
Note:
Death location: New Chester, Adams County
Nearest post office: Oxford, Marquette County
Officer Boyd Spikerman, 32, Wisconsin Dells, was killed in the Juneau housing unit at the Federal Correctional Institute in Oxford, Wisconsin, by an inmate who wanted to kill a guard hoping to gain status in the eyes of other inmates.
Services held
for slain guard
WESTFIELD — Boyd Spikerman
was buried Thursday at the Harris-
ville Cemetery, while a large number
of his family and colleagues looked
on.
Spikerman, 32, was killed Sunday
at the federal Oxford Correctional In-
stitution, about 20 miles northeast of
Wisconsin Dells...
while he worked as a guard in
one of the cottage housing units.
About 300 people crowded into the
small Good Shepherd Catholic
Church to say goodbye.
The body, in a silver casket, was
wheeled out of the church as guards
in official blue blazers dabbed at their
eyes and put their arms around each
other in comfort and support...
--excerpt from Wisconsin State Journal (Doug Mell), Madison, Wisconsin; Friday, February 3, 1984
Boyd Spikerman was the fiancé of Susan Gilgann (intentionally entered as spouse).
Name Boyd Harvey Spikerman
Death Date 29 Jan 1984
Death County Adams, Wisconsin, USA
Certificate 002799
Note:
Death location: New Chester, Adams County
Nearest post office: Oxford, Marquette County
Services held
for slain guard
WESTFIELD — Boyd Spikerman
was buried Thursday at the Harris-
ville Cemetery, while a large number
of his family and colleagues looked
on.
Spikerman, 32, was killed Sunday
at the federal Oxford Correctional In-
stitution, about 20 miles northeast of
Wisconsin Dells...
while he worked as a guard in
one of the cottage housing units.
About 300 people crowded into the
small Good Shepherd Catholic
Church to say goodbye.
The body, in a silver casket, was
wheeled out of the church as guards
in official blue blazers dabbed at their
eyes and put their arms around each
other in comfort and support...
--excerpt from Wisconsin State Journal (Doug Mell), Madison, Wisconsin; Friday, February 3, 1984
Boyd Spikerman was the fiancé of Susan Gilgann (intentionally entered as spouse).
Name Boyd Harvey Spikerman
Death Date 29 Jan 1984
Death County Adams, Wisconsin, USA
Certificate 002799
Note:
Death location: New Chester, Adams County
Nearest post office: Oxford, Marquette County
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