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BOUCHER FUNERALTRATO BE TOMORROWClFounder of Cigar Manufacturing Firm Dies at 83—A Native of Joplin Area,Funeral services for Leon S Boucher, 83-year-old founder of the Leon S Boucher Cigar Company, who dilt;d Sunday night at his home, 518 North Moffet avenue, will he conducted at 2 4ft o'clock V ednesdijv afternoon at the Thorn*The16 ClLEON S. BOK HFR J violahill-Dillon chape! Header Warren dm 11 McCaskill mill officiate. Buna! wo! Th* he jo Mount Hope cemetery Active pallbearer- will be Jack mont Wells. Ah in C Hinkle. Clart-nce : afM Craig, George Richardson, Oliver WCUf hover 1 gr and Leo Clarke Honor* jdor in *rv pallbearers, will be Clarence j C Mayne Scott Fonev W A y m Bullard. E, J. Kincaid, Martin « Brother son, Q E. Humphrey, Guy McHenry, Dr Clyde Spangler, Vernon Hobart... Charlie Cox, An* i gust Junste, Theodore W Oster-loh C If Jaccard Lauren R. ■: Reynolds Sr John Garrett. Rabbi Charles B Latz. Jose Garm. C C I vie, Warren Wilkin*.. Doipfr Shelter. Grant Gibson T A. Kaufmans and Vern E. Thompson TAKE IN COT Mr Boucher became M Friday, bu! had not been confined to bed.He collapsed and died of a heart attack as he was preparing to retire last night Born November 17.1874, on 'the West Twentieth afreet road east of the Mw«ouri-Kan*as line. Mr Boucher was a son of the late Mr and and Mrs. Joseph Boucher.He instigated the cigar manu-!;h ' irtng firm at Galena in itm, and trn' ed the firm to Joplin in lfltH The firm is situated at itd*12 Virginia avenue He still was active in its operation at the fime 0? .his death In 1896 he was married to the bv map Mis* Kate L. Lewis at G.vcna Mr* Boucher died October 7. im He mm a director of the Farm a 1 ffeme Savin'*-: and Iaan As aodation from 1933 until .1*13 ard served as director of the old Joo-lift National Bank 23 years, retiring from that position in l9iL He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and. a charter member of the Joplin Rotary Club He also mm a member of the First C;..irch of Christ, Scientist Surviving are a daughter, Mrs Frank Dobkins 51* North Moffet avenue: a son. Raymond L. Bouch* er of Nevada, Mo., and a sister,Mrs Harry Stone of Winter Park Fla
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Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Tue, Dec 10, 1957
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