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Peter Leonard passed away at his home in Albuquerque, NM on August 30, 2009. He was born in Bath, PA on January 2, 1921 and raised in Phillipsburg, NJ where he graduated from high school and was a star athlete. He went on to graduate with a pharmacy degree from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Sciences and received a Master's Degree in Pharmacology from Purdue University in Lafayette, IN. It was there that he met Novella McGlothlin and they married on September 3, 1947. They raised 2 children - son, Chris, and daughter, Barbara Ann. Peter taught Pharmacology at the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, NY and at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA before joining the U.S. Public Health Service in 1955. Over the years the family lived in Aberdeen, SD, Albuquerque, NM and Norman, OK as Peter rose to a rank of Captain (USN). In 1969 Peter left the Indian Health Service and joined the Food and Drug Administration in Rockville, MD until his retirement in 1981 and subsequent move back to Albuquerque. Peter is preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Novella Bogarosh, and by his sister, Catherine Ballard of Colorado Springs, CO. He is survived by his son, Chris Bogarosh and his wife, Lorna, of Spokane, his daughter, Barbara Ann Boga-Rosh of Middletown, MD, and his four grandchildren, Nichole Bogarosh of Norman, OK, Tyler, Brad, and Spencer Bogarosh, all of Spokane, WA. A memorial service will be held Friday, September 4, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. at French Mortuary Chapel, 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE. In lieu of flowers, family asks that a donation be made to either the Alzheimer's Association, 9500 Montgomery NE, Suite 209, Albuquerque, NM 87111 or to Presbyterian Hospice, Attn: Executive Director, P.O. Box 26666, Albuquerque, NM 87125. Please visit our online guestbook for Mr. Bogarosh at RememberTheirStory.com French 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE (505) 275-3500
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