Obituary of Lewis E. Boggs

Lewis Everett Boggs, age 94 of Portland passed away on September 5th at IU Jay Hospital. He was born November 6th, 1928, in Johnson County, Indiana to Lynn and Katherine Boggs, the youngest of eight children. He was a graduate of Southport High School. He was an army veteran of WWII.

He was an Indiana State Trooper assigned to the new Redkey Post and then later to the new Indiana Toll Road where he was recognized for his bravery by Governor Mathew Welsh for saving 38 hostages of a highjacked bus on the Indiana Toll Road in a shoot-out with the hijacker.

Many from Portland will remember him as an agent for the Prudential Life Insurance company where he received several awards for his sales.

He was married to Barbara Sue Kimmel for 63 years who proceeded him in death in 2017. He is survived by his four sons: John, Michael, Douglas, and Gregory, six grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

He will be cremated, and a private family memorial will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Jay County Cancer Society.

Baird-Freeman Funeral Home are handling the arrangements.