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Boal's [[France|French]] wife, Jeanne de Menthon, was a descendant of [[Bernard of Menthon]], an 11th-century [[saint]].<ref name=bsun/> Their children included [[Mimi Lee]], who served as the First Lady of Maryland from 1977 to 1979.<ref name=bsun>{{cite news|first=Frederick N.|last=Rasmussen|title=Mathilde B. "Mimi" Lee, former acting first lady of Maryland, dies at 91 |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-08-13/news/bs-md-ob-mathilde-lee-20110812_1_first-lady-canoe-direct-descendant |work=[[Baltimore Sun]] |date=2011-08-13|access-date=2011-09-08}}</ref>
Boal joined the [[United States Foreign Service|Foreign Service]] in 1919. Before his appointment as ambassador, he served tours as diplomatic secretary of counselor of embassy in [[Mexico City]], [[Belgrade]], [[Warsaw]], [[Bern]], [[Lima]], and [[Ottawa]]. Boal was also the one time Chief of the Western European Division.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 1966 |title=Ambassador Boal, 70, Dies in Paris |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108168821&seq=450 |journal=State Department Newsletter |pages=54 |via=Hathitrust}}</ref>
He died at 3 p.m. of a "cerebral vascular accident" on May 24, 1966, at the American hospital on 63 Victor Hugo Boulevard, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. After his death, his body was released to his wife Jeanne and transported from the Paris Orly Airport to Kennedy International Airport on its way to Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, for interment.
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