Her Obituary
Herman Boese had preceded his wife in death by some seven weeks. He died on February 16, 2004. He had been his wife's caregiver in her last years. They were Catholic.
Herman shared his wife's political leanings. In 1966, he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Rapides Parish School Board, along with future U.S. District Judge Nauman Scott and future Republican national committeeman and Louisiana state GOP chairman John H. Cade, Jr. At time there were six at-large seats on the body, but by the 1970s the board had converted to single-member districts.
At the time of her death, Boese was survived by her son, Robert Lamar Boese (born 1947), daughter-in-law, Dierdre Digiglia Boese (born 1957), and granddaughters, Erin and Kelly Boese, all of Broussard in Lafayette Parish.
Boese was succeeded as poet laureate by Brenda Marie Osbey of New Orleans, who was appointed by Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco in 2005.
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