THE LUTHERAN CEMETERY, 1305 North St. Joseph Avenue, Evansville, Indiana, will hold a walking tour of the Cemetery on Sunday, September 11, 2022, in honor of Benjamin Bosse who was buried here 100 years ago. The tour will be led by Vanderburgh County Historical Society member, Karin Kirsch. The program will begin at 1 p.m. with the dedication of a long-lost plaque that was part of Bosse family memorabilia. [Rain date – September 18, 2022, at 1 p.m.]
Benjamin Bosse [1874-1922] was a remarkably creative and successful businessman who was Evansville’s mayor from 1914 to 1922. He constantly searched out ways to improve Evansville. The Coliseum, F. J. Reitz and Bosse High Schools, Evansville College, and Bosse Baseball Field are just a few of the many projects he worked for that are still important parts of Evansville today. An active member of Trinity Lutheran Church, he served as the Cemetery’s Secretary-Treasurer from 1895 until his death in 1922, personally caring for its landscaping.
Three other mayors of Evansville are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery—John W. Boehne [1906-1909], business partner and mentor; William H. Dress [1935-1943, 1948-1949], protegee; and Edwin F. Diekmann [1949-1952], family friend. The tour includes many other interesting and prominent citizens who were part of Evansville’s growth.
