Rev. John Robert Boggs Jr.
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born April 13, 1922, in Bremen, Ga., to John Robert Sr. and Lola Gertrude Posey Boggs. On July 10, 1943, he married Maxine Ratcliff, who died in May 2000. On March 31, 2001, he married Jodie Miller Kreider, who survives in Winona Lake.
He was a United Methodist minister, starting his ministry with the church in 1944 and retiring in 1992. He pastored in Ohio, North Dakota and Indiana. He started a live nativity at his church in Parker City in 1960 that later moved to the local public school. In the early 1980s, a granddaughter participated in the nativity, however, the ACLU had stopped this practice and a younger granddaughter was not allowed to participate. He also started a soup kitchen in Elkhart. He was a resident of Kosciusko County, moving here in August 1987, and attended Atwood Christian Fellowship Church. In his lifetime he was able to travel to the Holy Land five times, and once to Russia.
Also surviving are two daughters, Carol (and spouse James) VanPelt, Redkey, and Barbara (and spouse John) McMunn, Lambertville, Mich.; two stepdaughters, Gerry (and spouse Elmer) Compton, Silver Lake, and Ronda (and spouse Steve) Gaston, Stedman, N.C.; six grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Martha Schaffer, Lancaster, Ohio. He also was preceded in death by his parents, a son, a daughter and nine sisters.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw, officiated by Pastor Jerry Kissinger. Burial will be Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.
Calling is from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
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Memorials may be directed to the Gideons International, Warsaw/Winona Lake Memorial Bible Chairman, P.O. Box 766, Winona Lake, IN 46590-0766; or to the Warsaw Salvation Army, P.O. Box 1257, Warsaw, IN 46581-1257, and would be appreciated by his family.
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He was born April 13, 1922, in Bremen, Ga., to John Robert Sr. and Lola Gertrude Posey Boggs. On July 10, 1943, he married Maxine Ratcliff, who died in May 2000. On March 31, 2001, he married Jodie Miller Kreider, who survives in Winona Lake.
He was a United Methodist minister, starting his ministry with the church in 1944 and retiring in 1992. He pastored in Ohio, North Dakota and Indiana. He started a live nativity at his church in Parker City in 1960 that later moved to the local public school. In the early 1980s, a granddaughter participated in the nativity, however, the ACLU had stopped this practice and a younger granddaughter was not allowed to participate. He also started a soup kitchen in Elkhart. He was a resident of Kosciusko County, moving here in August 1987, and attended Atwood Christian Fellowship Church. In his lifetime he was able to travel to the Holy Land five times, and once to Russia.
Also surviving are two daughters, Carol (and spouse James) VanPelt, Redkey, and Barbara (and spouse John) McMunn, Lambertville, Mich.; two stepdaughters, Gerry (and spouse Elmer) Compton, Silver Lake, and Ronda (and spouse Steve) Gaston, Stedman, N.C.; six grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Martha Schaffer, Lancaster, Ohio. He also was preceded in death by his parents, a son, a daughter and nine sisters.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw, officiated by Pastor Jerry Kissinger. Burial will be Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.
Calling is from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
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Memorials may be directed to the Gideons International, Warsaw/Winona Lake Memorial Bible Chairman, P.O. Box 766, Winona Lake, IN 46590-0766; or to the Warsaw Salvation Army, P.O. Box 1257, Warsaw, IN 46581-1257, and would be appreciated by his family.
Condolences may be sent via www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com[[In-content Ad]]
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