Norbert J. Boes (1914 - 1971)
Father Norbert Boes

Father Boes, the son of John and Anna K. (Geier) Boes, and grandson of Gerhard and Anna (Nieland) Boes, was born January 27, 1914 on a farm northwest of Breda. Iowa. He was ordained May 21, 1939 at the Cathedral of the Epiphany in Sioux City by Bishop Edmond Heelan and his first Solemn Mass was celebrated in St. Bernard's Church. Father Boes served as an assistant at St. Joseph's in Dedham until June, 1941, when he was appointed assistant at Blessed Sacrament in Sioux City. Then, in 1944, he was appointed pastor of St. Mary's Pomeroy. In May, 1954 he was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's in Salix and remained there until July of 1968, when he was appointed pastor of St. Mary's in Alton. He also served as D.D.C.W. Director for the southwest Deanery and became director of the Family Life Bureau of the Southwest Deanery in 1968.

Photo: Father Norbert Boes, about 1975

Father Norbert Boes died September 24, 1971 in Carroll, Iowa and is buried in St. Bernard Cemetery in Breda.

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