St. Clair County Obits

THOMAS L. BOCH

Hill & Son Funeral Home
January 5, 1945 - December 21, 2005
Services - Hill & Son Funeral Home Appleton City, Missouri Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:00 PM
Minister - Reverend Tony Reynolds
Visitation - Hill & Son Funeral Home Appleton City, Missouri Tuesday, December 27, 2005 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Military Graveside Service - Clinton VFW Post 1894
Interment - Taberville Cemetery Taberville, Missouri
Memorials - Multiple Myeloma Foundation, or Taberville Cemetery

Thomas L. Boch, 60, of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, formerly of Centralia, Illinois, died peacefully December 21, 2005 in Canton, South Dakota surrounded by his children after a three year battle against multiple myeloma. He was born in Taberville, Missouri to Stanley A. and Mary Mae (Neale) Boch on January 5, 1945. He served his country in the navy for 20 years; the last several as a navy recruiter in Centralia, Illinois before his retirement in 1982. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Ida, and one sister Mary Lou Jefferess. Survivors include his three children, Thomas Boch and fiance Janice, Kathy and husband Russell Miller and Stacy Boch, and their mother Rita Boch all of Canton, South Dakota; four brothers, Glen Boch of Springfield, Missouri, Phillip, Jimmy and Toby all of Kansas City, Missouri; four sisters, Bonnie and husband Jerry Lee of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, Connie Cordry of Independence, Missouri, Clara Truesdale of Springfield, Missouri and Dee and husband Sam Courburn of Bee Bee, Arkansas; five grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews who loved him dearly.