Lillian Violet (Briegel) Bosch was born April 11, 1932 in Arapahoe, NE to Fred and Oma Briegel. Lillian was baptized May 1, 1932 at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Arapahoe, NE and was confirmed on Palm Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Salina, KS on April 1, 1945. She attended multiple schools in Kansas as her father served the country during WWII building military bases. Music played a large role in her life and she was an accomplished musician of many instruments. After graduating high school in Salina, KS she attended St. John’s Lutheran College in Winfield, KS. Here she met the love of her life, Floyd Bosch who was studying to be a Pastor in the Lutheran Church. She taught for two years in Wichita before they married on June 27, 1954 and moved to St. Louis. She taught 3rd grade in Maplewood, MO while Floyd studied at Concordia Theological Seminary. Upon his graduation from seminary, they accepted a call to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England as a missionary family and served in Sunderland, England and later moved to London, England. In 1969 the family moved to Clay Center, KS where Floyd served as Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. After raising her six children, Lillian returned to college at Kansas State University and earned a bachelor’s degree in Special Education in 1982, while working as Director of the Big Lakes Developmental Center in Clay Center. She later accepted a position as Vice President in Manhattan and retired from BLDC in 1996. In retirement Lillian and Floyd enjoyed spending their summers in Soldotna, Alaska fishing and winters in Weslaco, TX and spending time with their family. They also went on many mission trips around the world helping those in need.
Lillian is survived by her husband, Floyd, their six children: Kathy Bosch (Jim Margheim) of Scottsbluff, NE, John (Carol) Bosch of Clay Center, KS, Mary Bosch of Parkville, MO, Peter Bosch of Sterling, AK, Timothy (Denise) Bosch of Sterling, AK and Patricia (Bill) Gibbons of Wheaton, IL, her sister and best friend, Eleanor Niehouse of Lake Elsinore, CA, 14 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Kenneth and Arlo.
Visitation will be held on Monday, March 1, 2021 from 4-6 p.m. at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 2 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Clay Center with Pastor Paul Tessaro officiating. The service will live stream at https://www.facebook.com/nsrfuneralhome/live
Graveside services will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in Lincoln, KS
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to the Grant Us Grace Foundation (MSD), which was founded to help fund research for this rare disease that two of her great grandchildren have recently undergone bone marrow transplants for. http://www.grantusgrace.love/