Sylvia Boggs

Birth Date: August 25, 1908

Death Date: November 3, 2001

Age at Death: 93

Veteran Of: WAC

Marriages

Harold Boggs - August 1948

Burial Details

Cemetery Name: Steamboat Springs Cemetery

Cemetery Location: Steamboat Springs

Burial Location:Addition Third, Block 1, Lot 51, Grave 1

Obituaries

Steamboat Today - November 10, 2001

Sylvia L. Boggs, 93, of the Doak Walker Care Center in Steamboat Springs died Nov. 3, 2001.

She was born Aug. 25, 1908, in Spring Gulch, the daughter of the late John and Maryann Lamprecht. Sylvia married Harold Boggs in August of 1948 in Los Angeles, Calif. He survives.

Sylvia served our country as a First Lieutenant registered nurse in the United States Army during World War II, and worked for doctors Willett and Crawford in practice in Steamboat Springs.

Harold and Sylvia owned the Bogg's hardware store in Steamboat Springs, which opened in 1938.

She is survived by her husband, Harold; a son, Doug Boggs and wife Jan of Steamboat Springs and Litchfield Park, Ariz.; grandchildren, Carlynn Tanner and husband Craig of Lafayette, Calif. and Greg Boggs and wife Tami of Phoenix, Ariz.; great-grandchildren, Bryce, Jack and Cole and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a son, Gerald Boggs; a grandson, Van Boggs; three sisters, Paulda, Frances and Mary and two brothers, Louis and John.

Funeral services were held Nov. 5, 2001, at the Peterson Funeral Home. Rev. John Bixby of First Baptist Church of Steamboat officiated. The pianist was Yvette Look. Burial took place in the Steamboat Springs Cemetery.

Memorials in Mrs. Boggs' name may be sent to the Doak Walker Care Center, 1100 Central Park Drive, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487.

Comments

Steamboat Springs — Sylvia Lamprecht met Harold Boggs in a Glenwood Springs hospital, where he was recovering from rheumatic fever after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. #Sylvia, who was a first lieutenant registered nurse in the Army during that war, was Harold’s nurse in Glenwood Springs. It was a romance reminiscent of scenes from Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms.” #But while that novel ends in tragedy, Sylvia and Harold Boggs found happiness, seemingly from the start. #According to Harold’s obituary in a November 2003 edition of the Steamboat Pilot & Today, when he arrived at the Glenwood Springs hospital, Harold asked Sylvia, “Am I at the right hospital?” #“You sure are,” she replied. #Harold recovered. He and Sylvia married in August 1948 in Los Angeles. They returned to Harold’s home of Steamboat Springs, where they owned Boggs Hardware and raised two children. #Harold’s obituary states that when Sylvia was asked how she liked Steamboat, she said: “I didn’t pay too much attention to Steamboat because I was too busy being interested in Harold.” #They were married for 54 years. Harold helped establish the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4264 on Lincoln Avenue. Sylvia continued her nursing career in Steamboat, working with doctors including Frederick Ewing “Doc” Willett, a founding bedrock of local health care. She passed away two years before her husband, on Nov. 3, 2001, at the Doak Walker Care Center. #Sylvia Boggs is one of many female military veterans with local ties who will be remembered and honored Monday. Steamboat’s annual Memorial Day ceremony, which starts at 11 a.m. at Steamboat Springs Cemetery, will highlight local women veterans this year. “This year, we’re going to do something that’s long overdue. We’re going to honor the women from the Steamboat Springs area who have served,” local veteran and ceremony organizer Jim Stanko told the Steamboat Springs City Council earlier this month.