John Boes 1874-1955

The Breda News, March 16, 1955

JOHN BOES, 80, PASSED AWAY SUNDAY MORNING

Funeral Services Held At St. Bernard Church

John Boes, 80, of Breda, died at 7:30 Sunday morning, March 13, at his home in Breda after a two month illness.

Mr. Boes was a lifelong resident of the Breda community.

Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bernard's church. The Very Rev. Zeno Reising was the celebrant at the solemn requiem high mass; Rev. Dale Koster, sub deacon; Rev. C. Knobbe, deacon, and Rev. Geo. Wessling, master of ceremonies.

Burial was in St. Bernard's cemetery.

Pallbearers were Ted Steinkamp, Tony Boes, Andrew Reising, Cyril Boes, John Geier and Edgar Schulte, nephews of the deceased.

Mr. Boes, son of Gerhard and Anna Nieland Boes, was born Dec. 19, 1874, on a Carroll county farm three and one-half miles west and two miles south of Breda. When he was two years old, he moved with his parents to a farm three and one-half miles west and three miles north of Breda, where he lived until 1941. He moved into the town of Breda at that time.

Mr. Boes was married Oct 8, 1901, at St. Bernard's church in Breda to Anna Geier, who preceded him in death.

Photo: John and Anna Boes, 1901

Surviving children are: The Rev. Norbert J. Boes, Salix; William, Wall Lake; Julius, Breda; Mrs. Henry (Elnora) Steinkamp, Wall Lake; Leonard, Wall Lake; Cletus, Breda, and Romain, Carroll.

One of a family of nice children, he leaves a brother, Joe Boes, Breda, and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Reising and Mrs. Leo Schulte, Breda. Three sisters and two brothers are deceased. Two sons also preceded him in death.

Mr. Boes was a member of St. Bernard's church.

The Breda News, March 23, 1955

Large Number of Relatives And Priests Attend John Boes' Rites

Solemn requiem mass was read at funeral services in St. Bernard church her at 10 a.m. Wednesday for John Boes, 80, who died at his home in Breda Sunday morning after a two-month illness.

Celebrant of the mass was the Very Rev. Zeno Reising of Alton. The Rev. C. A. Knobbe of Manson was deacon; the Rev. Dale Koster of Danbury, sub-deacon and the Rev. George Wessling of Auburn, master of ceremonies.

Acolytes were Thomas and Eldon Boes. Thurifers were Ardel Boes and Daryl Steinkamp.

Priests attending included the Ret Rev. Msgr. P.T. Lynch, Carroll, The Rt. Rev. Msgr. P.P. Gearen, Algona; the Rt. Rev. Msgr, Wm. Mason, Emmetsburg, and the Rev. Frs. Edward F. Fanden, Rockwell City; R.E. Daugherty, Coon Rapids; Dean Walker, Scranton; J. E. Tolan, Sac City; G. J. Benjamin, Lidderdale; W. L. Bruch, Fonda; J. P. McGuire, Jefferson James Shanahan, Churdan; Henry Meyer, Grand Junction; J. A. Fandel, Salix; Phillip J. Dailey, Wall Lake; E. F. Casey, Denison; John Doherty, Dow City; Leander Friedman, Hawarden; Leo Lenz, Carroll; Thomas Molloy, Manning; O. W. Koester. Mt. Carmel; P. M. Mattes, Maple River; L. D. Frank, Manilla; J. P. Hausmann, pastor of St. Bernard's and Thomas Nash, assistant pastor.

Burial was in St. Bernard's cemetery. Pallbearers were: Ted Steinkamp, John Geier, Andrew Reising, Edgar Schulte, Cyril Boes and Tony Boes.

Also attending the rites form away were Mother Mary Dolours, S.M., and Sr. Mary Roberta, s. M., Salix; Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Boes, Pocahontas; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Becker, Thayer; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Reising, Wesley; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Eischeid and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Eischeid, Bayard; Robert Hassett and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clark, Sloan; Jo and Theresa Harrington, Marguerite Dunn, Mrs. Roger Huot, Roger, Jr., Karen and Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Topf, Maurice and Patty, Lawrence and Donald Topf, Mrs. Theodore Gramenz, Mrs. Omer Topf, Mrs. Alfred Bertrand, Julia Ann and Betty Ullrich, Michael Patterson and Thomas Topf, Salix.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mueggenborg, Kingfisher, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rother, Vincent and Leonard Mueggenborg, and Mrs. Leon Meyer, Okarche, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thoma, and Mr. and Mrs. Archie Frost, Fonda; Mr. and Mrs. John Elssaser, Frank Lampman, Steven Lampman, Ed Thoma and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Buelt, Varina, and Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Larson, Albert City.

Mr. Boes, retired farmer, was a lifelong resident of the Breda community. Preceded in death by his wife, he is survived by six sons, the Rev. Norbert J. Boes, Salix; William Wall Lake; Julius, Breda; Leonard, Wall Lake; Cletus, Breda; and Romain, Carroll, and one daughter, Mrs. Henry Steinkamp, Wall Lake. Other survivors include one brother, Joe Boes, Breda, and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Reising and Mrs. Leo Schulte, Breda.

Fr. Norbert Boes, who was injured in an automobile accident about a month ago and has since been a patient in St. Joseph's hospital in Sioux City, was brought to Breda to attend funeral services for his father.

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