Frederick L. Bosley, an 85-year-old Trenton resident, died Sunday, Mar. 4, 2012, at North Care Hospice, North Kansas City, MO, where he had been temporarily residing for the past few days.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30pm, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at the First Christian Church in Trenton. Rev. Paul Fraser will officiate. Burial will be at the Maple Grove Cemetery under the direction of the Whitaker-Eads Funeral Home. The casket will be open at the church prior to the service and not reopened.
Frederick L. Bosley was born in Grundy County on Nov. 19, 1926, the son of Paris Franklin and Viola Frances Lance Bosley. He was born on the family farm at 296 S.W. Eighth Street, Trenton, in the home which he maintained as his permanent residence at the time of his death. He had recently also become a resident of the Sunnyview Nursing Home in Trenton.
Mr. Bosley graduated from Trenton High School in 1944 and attended Trenton Junior College 1946-47. Frederick graduated from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (Truman State) with a Bachelors Degree in History and from University of Missouri, Kansas City with his Masters Degree in Education. He entered the United State Army with his brother, Franklin, and both served in the Georgia Basin in France at the end of World War II.
Frederick began his teaching career in a one-room rural school and later taught history for 32 years in the Shawnee Mission, KS School District as well as night and summer classes at the Metropolitan Junior College District in Kansas City. On weekends and during the summers he operated the family farm just outside of Trenton with his twin brother, Franklin.
Mr. Bosley joined the Trenton First Christian Church on April 13, 1941 and had served with his brother as an elder, on the Diaconate, board member, on the Wills and Bequest Committee and was a charter member of the Ninety and Nine Sunday School Class in 1950. Frederick later joined the Seekers Sunday School Class and stepped up as the teacher/leader for 26 years.
In addition to his church affiliation, Mr. Bosley served for many years on the Maple Grove Cemetery Board. Mr. Bosley was also active as a volunteer at the Grundy County Historical Society and Museum. He and his brother, Franklin were named Outstanding Alumni by North Central Missouri College and were honored at the college’s October 2010 Gala.
He is survived by a niece, Dorothy O’Dell of Phoenix, AZ; great-nieces, great-nephews and various cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his twin brother, Franklin; an infant sister, Frances Lee; a sister, Muriel; an uncle, Rollie Bosley; and an aunt, Nellie Bosley.
Memorial contributions have been suggested to the First Christian Church HVAC Fund.
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