Timothy Ray Boosinger, 74, of Auburn, AL, passed away on January 27, 2025, after a valiant fight against pancreatic cancer and its complications. He was born on November 16, 1950 in Lincoln, NE, the son of Elby Alex Boosinger and Merileen Walker Boosinger. He grew up in Forest Grove, OR. At the age of 13 his family moved to Indianapolis where he attended T. C. Howe High School and met the love of his life, Marcia, in junior year chemistry class, where his well-developed sense of humor was what she was first attracted to. They married after their freshman years at two different colleges, and after a sophomore year at Indiana University, they transferred to Purdue University where Tim attended veterinary school, graduating with his DVM degree in 1976. He enlisted in the United States Air Force as a Captain in the Veterinary Corps. He served on active duty at March Air Force Base in Riverside, California where their daughter Andrea was born and at Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster, Missouri where their daughter Amy was born. Tim served for a total of 20 years, three years on active duty and 17 years in the reserves and retired in 1996 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1979 he returned to Purdue and received his PhD in veterinary pathology in 1983 whereupon he joined the Auburn faculty as an assistant professor of pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. 

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Timothy Ray Boosinger, 74, of Auburn, AL, passed away on January 27, 2025, after a valiant fight against pancreatic cancer and its complications. He was born on November 16, 1950 in Lincoln, NE, the son of Elby Alex Boosinger and Merileen Walker Boosinger. He grew up in Forest Grove, OR. At the age of 13 his family moved to Indianapolis where he attended T. C. Howe High School and met the love of his life, Marcia, in junior year chemistry class, where his well-developed sense of humor was what she was first attracted to. They married after their freshman years at two different colleges, and after a sophomore year at Indiana University, they transferred to Purdue University where Tim attended veterinary school, graduating with his DVM degree in 1976. He enlisted in the United States Air Force as a Captain in the Veterinary Corps. He served on active duty at March Air Force Base in Riverside, California where their daughter Andrea was born and at Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster, Missouri where their daughter Amy was born. Tim served for a total of 20 years, three years on active duty and 17 years in the reserves and retired in 1996 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1979 he returned to Purdue and received his PhD in veterinary pathology in 1983 whereupon he joined the Auburn faculty as an assistant professor of pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. 

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