Luke Llewellyn Boone. (2010) ALTERNATE

BALSAR, BOONE, HAZEN, LUNDAHL, OSBORNE, RITTER, WHITLEY

Posted By: Kathi Kuhl
Date: 1/30/2025 at 16:06:22

The La Grande Observer
Union County, Oregon
Friday, November 26, 2010

Luke L. Boone
Formerly of La Grande
1917–2010

Luke Llewellyn Boone, 93, of Maryville, Missouri, formerly of La Grande died November 19. Visitation will run from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church. A service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church Maryville. Burial will be at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Van Meter, Iowa, at 1 p.m. Monday. Price Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

He was born October 30, 1917 in Galt, Iowa, to Luke Algernon and Rose Alma King Boone.

He married Ada Adele Whitley in Fayette, Iowa, August 11, 1940. She preceded him in death on June 21, 1941. He married Rosie Marie Leinemann in Van Meter, Iowa, December 27, 1948. She preceded him in death on April 6, 1958.

L.L. graduated from Dallas, Iowa Independent High School in 1935. He graduated from Iowa State Teachers College in August 1939. He served in the US Navy from 1942–1945. He did post graduate work at Upper Iowa University between 1945 and 1948. He completed his masters degree at the University of Iowa in June 1951. He did additional graduate study at Iowa in 1952 and 1953 and at Michigan State University in 1968.

L.L. was a member of Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church in Maryville. He was a lifetime member of the National Education Association and the Missouri State Association. He was a member since 1951 of Phi Delta Kappa, a professional education fraternity and the Association of Educational Communication and Technology, his professional organization since 1952. He served as chair of the AECT History and Archives committee for many years

He taught in junior and senior high schools in Iowa and Illinois and served as a coach for athletics and drama activities. He was the director of the Audio-Visual Aide Extension at Eastern Oregon College in La Grande from 1953 to 1957. He taught at Northwest Missouri State University from 1958 until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1988. His final assignment was as associate professor in learning resources and head of Audiovisual and Curriculum Materials Resources at Northwest.

Boone was a member of the Maryville Bowling Association and a member of The Amateur Bowling Tour.

Survivors include his son, Clifford Boone of Stanberry, Missouri and daughter, Twyla Marie Hazen of Maryville; sisters, Bessie Ritter, and Darlene Balsar of Clarion, Iowa; sister-in-law, Beverly Boone of Albert Lea, Minnesota; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

He was proceeded in death by his parents; brother Chessle Boone; and sisters, Bonnie Osborne and Verla Lundahl.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church in Maryville or the Northwest Missouri State University Foundation.