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One son: Robert Lamar Boese
One son: Robert Lamar Boese
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Elsie Jean McGivney Boese''' (pronounced BOW-SE; January 19, 1925 – April 7, 2004), known as '''Jean Boese''' or as '''Jeannie Boese''', was the poet laureate of [[Louisiana]] from 1980 to 1988 and from 1996 until her death.<ref name=poetlaureates/> She was also the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Republican National Committee|national committeewoman]] from Louisiana and the first woman to serve on the [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] Civil Service Commission, with tenure from 1975 to 1979<ref name=biographies>{{cite web|url=https://www.biographies.net/people/en/jean_boese|title=Jean Boese|publisher=Biographies.net|accessdate=April 5, 2019}}</ref>
'''Elsie Jean McGivney Boese''' (pronounced BOW-SE; January 19, 1925 – April 7, 2004), known as '''Jean Boese''' or as '''Jeannie Boese''', was the poet laureate of [[Louisiana]] from 1980 to 1988 and from 1996 until her death.<ref name=poetlaureates/> She was also the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Republican National Committee|national committeewoman]] from Louisiana and the first woman to serve on the [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] Civil Service Commission, with tenure from 1975 to 1979<ref name=biographies>{{cite web|url=https://www.biographies.net/people/en/jean_boese|title=Jean Boese|publisher=Biographies.net|accessdate=April 5, 2019}}</ref>
Boese was a social worker for the American Red Cross between 1945 and 1946 and briefly taught exceptional children in New Orleans. She did script writing for the Tulane University educational television channel. After she relocated to Alexandria, she became a member of the St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Auxiliary and the Rapides Parish Medical Society. She was a former member of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Altar Society and served on the Human Rights Committee of St. Mary's Training School for Retarded Children in Alexandria.<ref name=whoswho/>
Boese was a social worker for the American Red Cross between 1945 and 1946 and briefly taught exceptional children in New Orleans. She did script writing for the Tulane University educational television channel. After she relocated to Alexandria, she became a member of the St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Auxiliary and the Rapides Parish Medical Society. She was a former member of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Altar Society and served on the Human Rights Committee of St. Mary's Training School for Retarded Children in Alexandria.<ref name=whoswho/>
==Republican politics==
==Republican politics==