Edward Dennis Boulanger
May 21, 1948 — September 16, 2008
Edward “Ed” Dennis Boulanger, of Eureka, died at his home on September 16, 2008, at the age of 60.
He was born in Woodston, Kansas on May 21, 1948, the son of Joseph and Lucille (Ensley) Boulanger. He was raised in the Howard/Moline, Kansas area and attended Howard schools, graduating from Howard High School with the class of 1966. After his schooling he worked for the Coleman Company in Wichita for two years.
On March 25, 1967, Ed was united in marriage to Shirley Bowen in Piedmont, Kansas. In 1968, he and Shirley moved to Eureka where Ed worked for Eureka Motors. He then began his career as the Transportation Supervisor for U.S.D. 389. After twenty-one years of service with the school district he started his own business, Ed’s Auto Transport, which he ran for five years. In 2000, he started Sentry Pest Control and worked as an exterminator until his death.
Ed was a member of the Eureka Planning and Zoning Board and a past member of the Eureka Volunteer Fire Department.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley, of the home, one son, Brad Boulanger and wife Annissa of Eureka, one daughter, Angie Lowe and husband Roger of Eureka, eight grandchildren, two brothers, Wayne Boulanger and wife Gertrude of Independence, Kansas, and Phillip Boulanger and wife Marva of Brunswick, Georgia, and one sister, Pat Corle and husband Joe of Moline, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Evelyn Laurie.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, September 19, 2008, at Koup Family Funeral Home in Eureka, Kansas with Pastor Alan Hunter of the Jefferson Street Baptist Church officiating.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made in Ed’s name to the Ed Boulanger Scholarship Fund or the Greenwood County Cancer Support Group. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, Kansas 67045.
He was born in Woodston, Kansas on May 21, 1948, the son of Joseph and Lucille (Ensley) Boulanger. He was raised in the Howard/Moline, Kansas area and attended Howard schools, graduating from Howard High School with the class of 1966. After his schooling he worked for the Coleman Company in Wichita for two years.
On March 25, 1967, Ed was united in marriage to Shirley Bowen in Piedmont, Kansas. In 1968, he and Shirley moved to Eureka where Ed worked for Eureka Motors. He then began his career as the Transportation Supervisor for U.S.D. 389. After twenty-one years of service with the school district he started his own business, Ed’s Auto Transport, which he ran for five years. In 2000, he started Sentry Pest Control and worked as an exterminator until his death.
Ed was a member of the Eureka Planning and Zoning Board and a past member of the Eureka Volunteer Fire Department.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley, of the home, one son, Brad Boulanger and wife Annissa of Eureka, one daughter, Angie Lowe and husband Roger of Eureka, eight grandchildren, two brothers, Wayne Boulanger and wife Gertrude of Independence, Kansas, and Phillip Boulanger and wife Marva of Brunswick, Georgia, and one sister, Pat Corle and husband Joe of Moline, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Evelyn Laurie.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, September 19, 2008, at Koup Family Funeral Home in Eureka, Kansas with Pastor Alan Hunter of the Jefferson Street Baptist Church officiating.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made in Ed’s name to the Ed Boulanger Scholarship Fund or the Greenwood County Cancer Support Group. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, Kansas 67045.
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