Joe Bovy

BOVY, SCHMITZ, SHANNON, SCHNEIDER, BIVER, TJELMELAND, GREEN, MAXWELL, RENZE, MEACHAM, DENOFIO, CALDERONE, REITER, LUND, KEOUGH

Posted By: diane (email)
Date: 12/2/2021 at 18:49:09

Joe Bovy age 84 passed away Monday, January 14, 2019 at Unity Point Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He was born in Waterloo November, 16, 1934 the son of Albert and Loretta (Schmitz) Bovy. Joe married Colleen Shannon on June 28, 1955, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Fairbank. Joe and Colleen started farming in the La Porte City area after they were married. In 1965, they moved to their farm near Oran, where they raised their six children and continued farming. Joe was also employed at John Deere, he later retired after 30 years of service. Joe was a member of the Iowa National Guard for seven years. He served on the Wapsie Valley School Board for a number of years and was a longtime member of the Fairbank Knights of Columbus. Joe also enjoyed working on and driving his 2 cylinder John Deere tractors and was quite proud of them. Most of all, Joe was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He truly enjoyed spending time with his family. Joe always had a smile for anyone he came in contact with.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Colleen, his six children; Sue (Steve) Schneider of Oelwein, Diane (Bob) Biver of Sioux Falls, SD, Linda (Rick Sebetka) Tjelmeland of Jesup, Mary Ann (Peter) Green of St. John, IN Joe (Gail) Bovy of Middleton, WI, and Sharon (Jay) Maxwell of Gaithersburg, MD, 11 grandchildren; Amy (Jon) Renze, Kate (Dave) Meacham, Matt (Wendy) Biver, Eric (Becky) Tjelmeland, Aaron Tjemeland, Adam Tjemeland, Devin (Robert) DeNofio, Courtney (Joey) Calderone, Jessica Bovy, Emily Maxwell, Sydney Maxwell and 6 great-grandchildren; Teagen Renze, Greyson Renze, Bryn Renze, Finley Meacham, Sophia Biver and Giavanna Calderone, two sisters; Joan (Richard) Reiter of Waterloo and Alberta Keough of Cedar Falls, one sister-in-law, Mardeen Bovy and one brother-in-law, Marvin Lund. Joe is preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Raphael “Ray” Bovy and one sister, Elizabeth “Betty” Lund and one brother-in-law, Jim Keough.

Funeral Services: 10:30 am Friday, January 18, 2019 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Fairbank.

Visitation: 4:00-7:00 pm with a Knights of Columbus Rosary at 7:00 pm, Thursday January 17 at Woods Funeral Home, Fairbank.

Interment: Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery.

Memorials to be directed to the family for later designation.