John William "Bill" Boehne, III, of New Oxford, passed from this life March 20.
Bill was the son of the late Selma (Heitmuller) and John W. Boehne, Jr. of Silver Spring, MD and the grandson of John William Boehne.
Bill was educated in the Lutheran and public schools of Evansville and public schools of Washington, DC, where he lived while his father was in Congress. He graduated in 1942 from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, with a BS degree in chemistry. He was a lifelong brother of Zeta Chapter, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
He served in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant during World War II on board LST-375 and he served in the European Theater, ferrying soldiers onto the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion. After his discharge from the U.S. Navy, Bill worked for Lederle Pharmaceuticals in New York and later in the chemistry labs in a Ph.D. program at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. While in Cleveland, Bill contracted polio at the age of 30. Undeterred by the resulting paralysis of his legs, he moved to Silver Spring, MD, to work for the Food and Drug Administration where he served as Chief of the Special Dietary Foods Branch, Division of Nutrition, during the remaining years of his working life. Bill was a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Nutrition, the Indiana Historical Society, and Alpha Chi Sigma Honorary Chemistry Fraternity. He was also a volunteer reader for the blind through The Washington Ear. He was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church of Silver Spring, MD.
He was preceded in death by Audrey S. Boehne, his wife of 57 years and is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Gregg and Ruth Boehne of Gettysburg; his daughter, Lynne B. Battin of Savannah, GA; his granddaughters, Kara Boehne, Katie Boehne and Chloe Battin; a brother, Charles H. Boehne of Rockville, MD; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Interment was with full military honors.
Bill was the son of the late Selma (Heitmuller) and John W. Boehne, Jr. of Silver Spring, MD and the grandson of John William Boehne.
Bill was educated in the Lutheran and public schools of Evansville and public schools of Washington, DC, where he lived while his father was in Congress. He graduated in 1942 from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, with a BS degree in chemistry. He was a lifelong brother of Zeta Chapter, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
He served in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant during World War II on board LST-375 and he served in the European Theater, ferrying soldiers onto the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion. After his discharge from the U.S. Navy, Bill worked for Lederle Pharmaceuticals in New York and later in the chemistry labs in a Ph.D. program at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. While in Cleveland, Bill contracted polio at the age of 30. Undeterred by the resulting paralysis of his legs, he moved to Silver Spring, MD, to work for the Food and Drug Administration where he served as Chief of the Special Dietary Foods Branch, Division of Nutrition, during the remaining years of his working life. Bill was a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Nutrition, the Indiana Historical Society, and Alpha Chi Sigma Honorary Chemistry Fraternity. He was also a volunteer reader for the blind through The Washington Ear. He was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church of Silver Spring, MD.
He was preceded in death by Audrey S. Boehne, his wife of 57 years and is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Gregg and Ruth Boehne of Gettysburg; his daughter, Lynne B. Battin of Savannah, GA; his granddaughters, Kara Boehne, Katie Boehne and Chloe Battin; a brother, Charles H. Boehne of Rockville, MD; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Interment was with full military honors.
John William "Bill" Boehne, III, of New Oxford, passed from this life March 20.
Bill was the son of the late Selma (Heitmuller) and John W. Boehne, Jr. of Silver Spring, MD and the grandson of John William Boehne.
Bill was educated in the Lutheran and public schools of Evansville and public schools of Washington, DC, where he lived while his father was in Congress. He graduated in 1942 from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, with a BS degree in chemistry. He was a lifelong brother of Zeta Chapter, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
He served in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant during World War II on board LST-375 and he served in the European Theater, ferrying soldiers onto the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion. After his discharge from the U.S. Navy, Bill worked for Lederle Pharmaceuticals in New York and later in the chemistry labs in a Ph.D. program at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. While in Cleveland, Bill contracted polio at the age of 30. Undeterred by the resulting paralysis of his legs, he moved to Silver Spring, MD, to work for the Food and Drug Administration where he served as Chief of the Special Dietary Foods Branch, Division of Nutrition, during the remaining years of his working life. Bill was a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Nutrition, the Indiana Historical Society, and Alpha Chi Sigma Honorary Chemistry Fraternity. He was also a volunteer reader for the blind through The Washington Ear. He was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church of Silver Spring, MD.
He was preceded in death by Audrey S. Boehne, his wife of 57 years and is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Gregg and Ruth Boehne of Gettysburg; his daughter, Lynne B. Battin of Savannah, GA; his granddaughters, Kara Boehne, Katie Boehne and Chloe Battin; a brother, Charles H. Boehne of Rockville, MD; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Interment was with full military honors.
Bill was the son of the late Selma (Heitmuller) and John W. Boehne, Jr. of Silver Spring, MD and the grandson of John William Boehne.
Bill was educated in the Lutheran and public schools of Evansville and public schools of Washington, DC, where he lived while his father was in Congress. He graduated in 1942 from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, with a BS degree in chemistry. He was a lifelong brother of Zeta Chapter, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
He served in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant during World War II on board LST-375 and he served in the European Theater, ferrying soldiers onto the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion. After his discharge from the U.S. Navy, Bill worked for Lederle Pharmaceuticals in New York and later in the chemistry labs in a Ph.D. program at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. While in Cleveland, Bill contracted polio at the age of 30. Undeterred by the resulting paralysis of his legs, he moved to Silver Spring, MD, to work for the Food and Drug Administration where he served as Chief of the Special Dietary Foods Branch, Division of Nutrition, during the remaining years of his working life. Bill was a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Nutrition, the Indiana Historical Society, and Alpha Chi Sigma Honorary Chemistry Fraternity. He was also a volunteer reader for the blind through The Washington Ear. He was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church of Silver Spring, MD.
He was preceded in death by Audrey S. Boehne, his wife of 57 years and is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Gregg and Ruth Boehne of Gettysburg; his daughter, Lynne B. Battin of Savannah, GA; his granddaughters, Kara Boehne, Katie Boehne and Chloe Battin; a brother, Charles H. Boehne of Rockville, MD; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Interment was with full military honors.
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