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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Homer
Boysen
January 17, 1923 – November 5, 2010
Obituary
Dr. Homer Boysen, 87, of Mahanoy City, died Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Nancy Zelinske, in Lebanon.
Born and raised in Egg Harbor, N.J., he was a son of the late Theophilus Henry Boysen, M.D., and the former Emilie Krug.
Dr. Boysen graduated from Egg Harbor High School, class of 1939, Ursinus College in 1943 and Thomas Jefferson College of Medicine in 1946. He served the Mahanoy City community in the field of general medicine for many years.
He served his country as a captain in the Army.
He was a trustee, Sunday school teacher and an administrative board member at First United Methodist Church, Mahanoy City. He was also a member of The Mahanoy City Lodge 357 Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, Rajah Shriners International, Reading, Tamaqua Royal Arch Chapter 177, Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of PA, Mount Vernon Commandery 73, Hazleton, Mount Moriah Council 10 Royal and Select Master Masons of PA, Lodge Council Chapter Consistory (Scottish Rite Bodies in the Valley of Bloomsburg), Order of the Eastern Star, Puritan Chapter 126, Mahanoy City, and the American Medical Association.
"Doc" was a member of the Mahanoy City Rotary Club since 1951 and received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award in 2010. Dr. Boysen also loved hunting, fishing and photography.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah Jane Northey Boysen, on June 20, 2009; a brother, Theophilus Henry Boysen III, M.D.; sisters, Dorothy Catherine Boysen Lamkin and Helen Elise Boysen Wood.
Surviving are daughters, Diane, wife of George Karetsky, Germansville, Sally, wife of William Oblas, Hamilton, Va., and Nancy, wife of Gary Zelinske, Lebanon; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Louis D. Truskowsky Funeral Home, Mahanoy City, Sunday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. and on Monday from 10 a.m. until funeral service at 11 a.m., which will be officiated by the Rev. Christopher Wollyung. Interment will be in Sky-View Memorial Park, Hometown, where a white dove will be released in his memory.
Donations can be made to the First United Methodist Church and may be made at the Funeral Home.
Franklin R. Fetter and Louis Truskowsky are in charge of arrangements.
Born and raised in Egg Harbor, N.J., he was a son of the late Theophilus Henry Boysen, M.D., and the former Emilie Krug.
Dr. Boysen graduated from Egg Harbor High School, class of 1939, Ursinus College in 1943 and Thomas Jefferson College of Medicine in 1946. He served the Mahanoy City community in the field of general medicine for many years.
He served his country as a captain in the Army.
He was a trustee, Sunday school teacher and an administrative board member at First United Methodist Church, Mahanoy City. He was also a member of The Mahanoy City Lodge 357 Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, Rajah Shriners International, Reading, Tamaqua Royal Arch Chapter 177, Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of PA, Mount Vernon Commandery 73, Hazleton, Mount Moriah Council 10 Royal and Select Master Masons of PA, Lodge Council Chapter Consistory (Scottish Rite Bodies in the Valley of Bloomsburg), Order of the Eastern Star, Puritan Chapter 126, Mahanoy City, and the American Medical Association.
"Doc" was a member of the Mahanoy City Rotary Club since 1951 and received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award in 2010. Dr. Boysen also loved hunting, fishing and photography.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah Jane Northey Boysen, on June 20, 2009; a brother, Theophilus Henry Boysen III, M.D.; sisters, Dorothy Catherine Boysen Lamkin and Helen Elise Boysen Wood.
Surviving are daughters, Diane, wife of George Karetsky, Germansville, Sally, wife of William Oblas, Hamilton, Va., and Nancy, wife of Gary Zelinske, Lebanon; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Louis D. Truskowsky Funeral Home, Mahanoy City, Sunday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. and on Monday from 10 a.m. until funeral service at 11 a.m., which will be officiated by the Rev. Christopher Wollyung. Interment will be in Sky-View Memorial Park, Hometown, where a white dove will be released in his memory.
Donations can be made to the First United Methodist Church and may be made at the Funeral Home.
Franklin R. Fetter and Louis Truskowsky are in charge of arrangements.
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