James Wilson Bost ¹⁵⁶⁶

The Daily Independent
Grand Island, Nebraska
Sunday, February 6, 1983
p. 8B

James W. Bost

James W. Bost, 72, of 1809 W. Anna St., died Saturday at a Grand Island hospital.

Services are pending at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home.

Mr. Bost was born Oct. 12, 1910, at Lincoln, to Fred and Jennie Wilson Bost. His family moved to New York where he received part of his schooling. He graduated from the high school and junior college of the New Mexico Military Institute of Roswell, N.M. He graduated from the University of Nebraska.

On February 25, 1924 [sic], he married Harriet Bowen at Lincoln. They then moved to Grand Island and he worked at Bowen Drug. He then attended pharmacy school and graduated in 1936.

He became a licenses pharmacist and worked for Bowen Drug in Grand Island. He entered the service in 1940 and he served 2 1/2 years with the Supreme Headquarters of the European Allied Forces during World War II. After attaining the rank of major, he was discharged in 1946 and came back to Grand Island and started the Bost Pharmacy on Pine Street. In 1952, he built Bost Pharmacy on Second Street. He retired in 1974.

Mr. Bost was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Lodge 1347, American Legion Post 53, Shrine Lodge of Hastings, Masonic Lodge 56 of York, Central Nebraska Shrine Club, Rotary and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.

Survivors include his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Judith) Daly of Potomac, Md. and Mrs. Robert (Jane) Horning of St. Charles, Mo.; four grandchildren.

  Events

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in York, York County, Nebraska. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1930 in York, York County, Nebraska. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1940 at 1514 W Koenig in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. He was head of household and owned property valued at $5,000.

• He was educated at University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska.

• He served in the military during World War II.

• He worked as a druggist.

• His Social Security Number was 506-09-4250.

• He was buried at Grand Island Cemetery in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska.

James married Harriet Lindsey Bowen, daughter of Homer Bowen and Bertha Lindsey Brown, 25 February 1934 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska.¹⁵⁶⁵ (Harriet Lindsey Bowen was born 28 September 1913 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska,^372,1569 died 28 July 1992 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska ¹⁵⁶⁹ and was buried after 28 July 1992 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska at Grand Island Cemetery ¹⁵⁶⁹.)