Richard had been a resident of the Lansing area for six years.  He was graduated from Portage Central High School in 1960,  from Western Michigan University in 1964, and Wayne State Law School in 1967.   he was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Lansing, the Michigan Bar Association, and the Wayne State Alumni, and Wranglers Debate Club at Michigan State University.  He had served with the U.S. Army as a Captain with the Judge Advocate General.  He was presently a staff attorney with the Michigan State Supreme Court, Court of Appeals.

Surviving are his wife Glenda, 1 daughter Sarah Patricia, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Bos of Kalamazoo, a brother, William T. of Kalamazoo, 2 grandmothers, Mrs. Cora Bos and Mrs. Emma H. Greene of Boscobel, Wisconsin.

Internment in Schoolcraft cemetery.

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