SALEMBURG -- Retired Army Sgt. 1st
Class Maurice Irwin Boyer, 76, of 693 Corinth Church Road died Saturday
in UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
Mr. Boyer was a Prisoner of War
during World War II. He was held for 18 months until the prison was
liberated by Soviet troops. He was also a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Mr. Boyer received the Purple Heart.
A memorial service will be held at 2
p.m. Tuesday in Butler Funeral Home in Roseboro by the Rev. Andy Wood.
Mr. Boyer is survived by his wife,
Bonnie Boyer of the home; four sons, Norman Boyer of New Castle, Pa.,
Roger Boyer of Clinton, Faron Boyer of Roseboro and Philip Boyer of
Florence, S.C.; three sisters, Mary Robbins of Iona, N.Y., Edna Rhodes
of Cory, N.Y., and Elsie Bundy of Falls Creek, Pa.; a granddaughter; and
a step-granddaughter.
The family will receive friends
tonight from 7 to 9 at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be
made to Andrew's Chapel United Methodist Church, Roseboro, NC.
(The Fayetteville Observer,
Fayetteville, NC, 8 Jan 2001 - courtesy of Tedd Cocker)
[Jumpmaster Note: Mr. Boyer
was captured on 7 July 1944 and was liberated from Stalag
4D Torgau (Elbe) Sachsen, Prussia 51-13 |
(courtesy of Donald Osborne Jr.)
Grave markers for Maurice I. Boyer in the Sunrise
Memorial Gardens, Salemburg (Sampson county), North Carolina.
Maurice enlisted in the Army on 23 March 1943 in
enlisted at Altoona, PA.
Pvt Boyer jumped into Normandy on 6 June 1944 and was
reported as Missing In Action on the following day. He was
liberated a year later from Stalag 4D on 7 June 1945
Sergeant First class Boyer's military decorations
include the Purple Heart and the Prisoner of War medals |