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Boese was a daughter of John Roderick McGivney and the former Elsie Buist. She graduated in 1942 from the Louise S. McGehee School, a female academy) in her native [[New Orleans]]. In 1945, at the age of twenty, she graduated from the former H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, the women's division of [[Tulane University]]. On May 20, 1946, she married Herman Lamar Boese (June 28, 1924 – February 26, 2004). The couple moved to Alexandria, where Dr. Boese, a proctologist, established his medical practice.<ref name=whoswho>Jean Boese, ''Who's Who in America'', 1972-1973 edition.</ref>
Boese was a daughter of John Roderick McGivney and the former Elsie Buist. She graduated in 1942 from the Louise S. McGehee School, a female academy) in her native [[New Orleans]]. In 1945, at the age of twenty, she graduated from the former H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, the women's division of [[Tulane University]]. On May 20, 1946, she married Herman Lamar Boese (June 28, 1924 – February 26, 2004). The couple moved to Alexandria, where Dr. Boese, a proctologist, established his medical practice.<ref name=whoswho>Jean Boese, ''Who's Who in America'', 1972-1973 edition.</ref>
==As poet laureate==
==As poet laureate==
Boese was first appointed in 1980 as poet laureate by Republican [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] and retained in the third administration of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] from 1984 to 1888. She returned for a second stint as poet laureate from 1996 to 2004 under appointment of Republican Governor [[Mike Foster]].
Boese was first appointed in 1980 as poet laureate by Republican [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] and retained in the third administration of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] from 1984 to 1888. She returned for a second stint as poet laureate from 1996 to 2004 under appointment of Republican Governor [[Mike Foster]].
:Louisiana has my love, because it's part of me.
:Louisiana has my love, because it's part of me.
==Her obituary==
==Death==
Herman Boese had preceded his wife in death by forty-one days. He had been his wife's caregiver in her last years. They were [[Roman Catholic]]. He 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 Steele Scott (1916-2001) and future Republican national committeeman and Louisiana state GOP chairman John Hamilton Cade, Jr. (1928-1989). At the time there were six at-large seats on the body, but by the 1970s the board had converted to single-member districts.
Herman Boese preceded his wife in death by forty-one days. He had been her caregiver in her last years. The couple was [[Roman Catholic]]. He 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 Steele Scott (1916-2001) and future Republican national committeeman and Louisiana state GOP chairman John Hamilton Cade, Jr. (1928-1989). At the 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|Lafayette Parish]].
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|Lafayette Parish]].