Vernon Gustav Charles Bohl

Vernon Gustav Bohl of Forestville, MD passed away on April 11, 2014 after 85 fulfilling years. Born on April 13, 1928, he grew up on a farm in Gasconade County, MO just outside of Hermann, where he graduated valedictorian of his high school class. Enlisting in the military in 1946, he served in Japan at the end of World War II and then was the first in his family to attend college where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from Washington University in St. Louis. He moved to the Washington, DC area to work for the National Meteorological center of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Forecast Division’s Heavy Precipitation Unit. For the next 28 years, he excelled as a Meteorologist/forecaster, first in Suitland and then in Camp Springs, MD. He was passionate about weather and climatology and recognized for his knowledge and expertise in forecasting. He retired as a Deputy Branch Chief of the Heavy Precipitation Branch of the National Weather Service in October 1986. Active in his community and at Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church, he was known by all as a loving, giving, kind neighbor and friend, always participating in outreach and community service activities and ready to lend a helping hand. He is the son of the late William Carl Bohl and the late Elsie Emma Feil Bohl. He was also predeceased by his sister, Alice A. H. Bohl. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Maryemma Bohl; and his children, Karen Walker of Germantown, MD with children Ryan, Adam, and Lauren, Bill Bohl and his wife Collette of Littleton, CO with children Garrett and Trent, Bob Bohl and his wife Shannon of Fort Collins, CO with children Jack and Drew, John Degges and his wife Dolores of Waldorf, MD with daughter Taylor, and Melissa Velasquez and husband Timothy of Newburg, MD. Friends received on Friday, April 25, 2014 from 10AM until time of Funeral Service at 12:30PM at Raymond Funeral Service Chapel, 5635 Washington Avenue, La Plata, MD 20646 with Interment to follow at 2PM at the MD Veterans Cemetery, 11301 Crain Highway, Cheltenham, MD 20623. Condolences may be sent to the family at raymondfuneralservice.com

Vernon Gustav Charles Bohl

April 13, 1928 - April 11, 2014