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Mathilda
Joanna Fleskes (Boes) 1909-1990
Mass of the Christian burial for Mathilda Boes was celebrated this morning, Dec. 31, 1990, at St. Bernard Church in Breda. Mrs. Boes, 81, of Breda, died Friday, Dec. 28, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll following a brief illness. The main celebrant at the Mass was her son, Father Marvin Boes. Concelebrants were Father Steve Boes and Father Thomas Hart. Homilist was Father Steve Boes. Final prayers of commendation were recited by Bishop Lawrence Soens. Lector was a son, Eugene Boes. Gift bearers were grandchildren Karen Oman, Tom Boes and Jeff Boes. Mass servers were Brad Stork and Scott Masching. Born Jan. 1, 1909, at Maple River, Iowa, she was a daughter of John and Margaret (Julich) Fleskes, She attended St. Francis Schools in Maple River and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Schools in Mount Carmel. On Feb. 5, 1929, she was married to Anthony Boes at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Mount Carmel by Father Peter Sturm. Following their marriage the couple farmed northwest of Breda. Mrs. Boes moved to Breda in 1976. She was a member of St. Bernard Parish in Breda, the Parish Ladies Guild and the Breda Senior Citizens Club. Mrs. Boes is survived by four sons, Vernon Boes and his wife, Lois, of Minnetonka, Minn., Father Marvin Boes of Sioux City, Kenneth Boes and his wife, Ruth, of Hindsdale, Ill., and Eugene Boes and his wife, Mary Jane, of Elgin, Neb.; 13 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Henrietta Bernardy of Raymond, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband,
in 1967; one grandson; three brothers, Leo, Al and Ed Fleskes; and
a sister, Mrs. Ed Kanne.
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