Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
June 17, 1929

WOMAN KILLED | IN AUTO CRASH

Wife of Cleveland County Sheriff Dies; Husband Critically Hurt.

Mrs. Frank Boggs, Della Alice (Abbott) 48 years old, Norman, wife of the Cleveland county sheriff, was killed, her husband was critically Injured and three other persons were hurt when the car which Boggs was driving ran into a truck four miles south of Norman Sunday night.

Boggs was given only a slight chance, to live, according to officials of the Norman hospital, to which he was taken. His brother, Ben Boggs, also was hurt In the crash.

Mrs. Bertles Boggs. sister of the sheriff, and Pat Geyer, 12 years old, both of whom were riding in the Boggs car, were less seriously injured.

Driving north toward Norman. Boggs Is said to have been blinded by lights on the road and to have failed to see the truck.

At University hospital here, where Mrs. Birdie Boggs and the Geyer boy were taken, it was said that the youth possibly may have a fractured skull.

Frank Leslie Boggs
29 Apr 1878 - 6 May 1950

Burial IOOF Cemetery Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA

1923 - 1931
Cleveland County Sheriff Frank Boggs