Carl Boos

Carl "Jerry" Boos, 92, of Pittston, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025.

Born in Pittston on Feb. 6, 1933, Jerry was the son of the late Carl Walter Boos and Marie Smith Boos.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Beverly Pahl Boos (d. 2016); and his first wife of 14 years, Joan Summeral Boos (d. 1973); sister, Marita Boos Pipan and her husband, Cyril Pipan; and brothers-in-law, Robert Dickson, David Pahl, Charles Pahl and Joseph Summeral.

Surviving are his children, Kay Boos, Pittston Township; Marita Tomaszewski and husband, Mike, West Wyoming; Carl Boos, Exeter; Joanne Costello and husband, Bob, Pittston; Jill Liberaski and husband, Patrick, Millsboro, Delaware; Lisa Boos, Pittston Township; and Wendy Guzenski, Pittston; sister, Nancy Boos Dickson; sisters-in-law, Rita Hensley Pahl and Ellin Pahl; grandchildren, Janine Tomaszewski Mroczka (Mike), Michael Tomaszewski (Maria), Robert Costello, Matthew Costello, Joey Sherinsky (Ben Stroud), Emily Liberaski (Brennen Cruz) and Justin Sherinsky (Rachel Hess); great-grandchildren, Owen Tomaszewski and Madelyn Mroczka; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

Jerry lived a long and fulfilling life raising a large family, looking after his parents, serving during the Korean Conflict, building an engineering career, playing in multiple sports leagues, sitting on the pool deck watching his grandchildren swim and doing many projects around the house.

He was born, raised and lived the majority of his life in Pittston. He graduated in 1951 from the former St. John's High School, where he played baseball and was quarterback for the football team.

Upon graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he achieved the rank of staff sergeant. He was trained as one of four Turret Gunners on the 11-man crew B-29 Superfortess at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. At the age of 20, he was deployed to Okinawa, the staging area for North Korean bombing raids. Jerry flew 26 night missions 30,000 feet over North Korea from January to July of 1953 with the 28th Bomb Squadron 19th Bomb Wing.

Jerry didn't speak much of his time in Korea until much later in his life. In 2012, he spoke in depth to Jack Smiles, correspondent, in response to the request "The Dispatch is interested in your War Story." See this link for the article on Jerry's story: www.timesleader.com/archive/1420475.

He noted one memory that stood out from a very harrowing mission. Jerry was located in the B-29 top turret gunner seat. The 15-plane squadron was readying for bomb drops as the enemy searchlight battery locked on the squadron. In that same moment, he would recall, "I looked up and froze, about 100 feet above was another B-29. Its Bombay doors were open, and I was staring at a full load of 500-pound bombs." Very fortunately, in the last seconds, that B-29 above went left and the bombs fell away.

On Nov. 11, 2021, Jerry was one of 18 veterans (nine living) presented that year with the Korean Ambassador for Peace Medal by U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey. This commemorative medal is an expression of appreciation from the Korean government to United States service men and women who served in the Korean War.

Upon being Honorably Discharged from the Air Force in 1955, Jerry went on to obtain his electrical engineering degree from Pennsylvania State University. Soon after, he began his 28-year engineering career with Bendix Corporation in Montrose. He started as a design engineer and retired as the QC Engineering Manager at age 52. Notably, he was the design engineer for instrumentation panels in the Black Hawk and Apache helicopters. He went on to represent Bendix at the Apache rollout in Arizona.

In retirement, he filled most of his days up through his early 80s playing basketball and softball. Throughout the years, he could be found at pickup basketball games at the Oblates and also the YMCA corporate league playing on the St. Michael's team. During the softball season, he played with several teams (e.g. Hideaway, Alba's, Sullivan Park) in the Greater Pittston Softball League, as well as in the over-40 and 50-plus leagues.

He participated in the Senior Olympics (State and National) in the early 1990s. At the Pennsylvania State Games, his basketball team won gold ('92, '94) and silver ('98), and his softball team won gold ('98) and silver ('99). Further, he played on the Pennsylvania Basketball team at the U.S. National Senior Games (1993).

Late in life, he enjoyed playing the penny slots at the casino and showing up to the valet in his 2014 Cherry Red Mustang. He would always have his TV tuned to sports or a classic movie. He enjoyed watching the NY Yankees, Penn State and Notre Dame Football.

The family extends its gratitude and appreciation to the staff at Edenbrook on Second Ave., Kingston, for the care provided to Jerry.

Memorial Donations in Jerry's name may be made to the Meals on Wheels of Greater Pittston.

The family will receive friends and relatives from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at Adonizio Funeral Home LLC, 251 William St., Pittston.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, in St. John the Evangelist Church, 35 William St., Pittston. Those wishing to attend are asked to go directly to the church on Tuesday morning. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Assumption Cemetery, Hughestown, where Air Force funeral honors will be bestowed.

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