Lyle Eugene Bose

Lyle Eugene Bose December 31, 1926 May 15, 2015 Lyle Bose was born in Hymera, Indiana on December 31, 1926 the son of a coal miner and third oldest of ten children. He passed away at home on May 15, 2015. Lyle served in the U.S. Army during WWII and again in the Korean War. Following his discharge he continued serving his country as a member of the National Guard. Lyle met his future wife, Genevieve, while serving in Ft. Worden, WA. They were married on July 25, 1950 in Port Angeles, WA. Not long after their marriage, Lyle shipped out to Korea where he was a master sergeant in charge of the mess hall. One of his most poignant memories of this deployment was when he discovered a large number of orphaned Korean children who had been living in the wild and scavenging food scraps from garbage cans behind the mess hall. He devised a plan to capture the children and delivered them to an orphanage where they would be cared for. The woman in charge was unwilling to accept the children as the orphanage was already struggling to feed the children they already had. Lyle arranged to make regular deliveries of food until the troops left. Many years after the Korean War, Lyle reconnected with his unit, the 532nd Amphibious Engineers, and attended and hosted numerous reunions. Over his life, Lyle has worked at the Rainier Pulp Mill in Port Angeles, sold life insurance and worked as a meat cutter and a restaurant manager. He enjoyed gardening, spending time with his grandchildren, fishing, golfing and exploring the local Goodwill. He was a long time member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church. Lyle was preceded in death by his parents and six of his siblings. He is survived by his loving wife, Genevieve; daughters Sandra (Chris) Edmonson, Kathy Gilland and Barbara Blaylock, all of Vancouver and Nancy (Bill) Bell of Huntington Beach, CA; grandchildren Christopher Smith, Amanda Friesen, Angela Blaylock-Preston, Amber Campbell, Gidget Ahola, Lisa Cooley, Matthew Evans, Michelle Evans, Samantha Evans, siblings Ken Bose, Alice Blackburn and Pat Hill, 19 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.

Lyle Eugene Bose

December 31, 1926 - May 15, 2015