Loren C. Booth was born on 31 December 1927 in Sandusky, Sanilac, Michigan.
1,2,3 He and
Janet Luff were married in 1951.
4 He died on 2 January 2003, at age 75, in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas.
2,3 He was buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery (S56, R9, G42), Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas.
33 Loren C. Booth was educated in Graceland College- Lamoni, Iowa/ University of Iowa, BS-Business.
4 He was a Teacher. Loren C. Booth
Loren C. Booth, 75, Leavenworth, Kan., formerly of Independence, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2003, at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Veteran's Administration Medical Center of Leavenworth.
Mr. Booth was born Dec. 31, 1927, in Sandusky, Mich., to Robert and Mamie Booth, and spent his childhood in Michigan. Following high school, he served in the Merchant Marines, from which he was honorably discharged. He went on to attend Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, and the University of Iowa, where he received his bachelor's degree in business. He worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and later taught for several years at Truman High School until his retirement in 1976. After retiring, he started an insurance business and a tax service. He served as a substitute teacher and spent many years helping his fellow veterans through their recovery process at the DDE VA Medical Domicilliary. He was also the manager of the Catholic Social Service Reveille House, a home for recovering veterans. He and his wife, Janet Luff, met at Graceland College and were married in 1951 and had two children. He later married Nelda Tarwater. Both wives preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Beulah Bowsky, and a brother, Bill Booth.
His survivors include a brother, Larry Booth, Flint, Mich.; two daughters, Cherie Vrentas, Lee's Summit, and Shelle Cox, Lenexa; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Barnett-Larkin-Brown Funeral Home, Leavenworth. Friends may call from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.