BOEHM, John William 1934 - 2017
BOEHM, WELHOUSEN, SCHWICHTENBERG, KRUTZFELDT, TWIGG, EICHINGER, FISHER, TRAMPLE, NELSON, NORWICKI, KRAUSE
Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 11/9/2017 at 19:52:12
John William Boehm, 83, of Clear Lake passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
Memorial services will be conducted at Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, on August 12, 2017, with Pastor Steve Bang officiating. The service will begin at 11:00 a.m., with refreshments following. Inurnment will be at the Good Hope Lutheran Cemetery in Titonka at a later date.
Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, August 11, 2017, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St. Clear Lake.
Family suggests memorial contributions to One Vision (Opportunity Village), Salvation Army, or Hospice of North Iowa.
John was born February 15, 1934, the son of John “Jack” and Leta Boehm, in Storm Lake. John’s mother died when he was 8 months old; he was then raised by his uncle and aunt, William and Teda Welhousen. He graduated from Titonka High School in 1952.
When John met his wife, Amy, he declared his intent to marry on their first date. They wed on October 15, 1955, at the Good Hope Lutheran Church in Titonka. John and Amy shared nearly 63 years of marriage together. The first couple years were spent in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where John served in the U.S. Army. Later, they moved to Clear Lake to establish their home.
John was a driver-salesman for the Clear Lake Bakery on the Mason City route for 37 years. He enjoyed life-long friendships with fellow drivers and community members. John enjoyed spending time with his many friends, meeting for coffee, and playing cards.
John loved the outdoors. He spent many hours watching eagles build their nests and raise their young. He enjoyed fishing locally and in Alaska, hunting ducks, geese and prairie dogs with friends.
John loved his family deeply and enjoyed spending quality time with his daughter, Tammy, farming with his son-in-law, Mike, and watching his grandchildren, Bethany, Joel and Casey, grow. He demonstrated how to be a good friend and role model for his foster son and neighborhood kids, through these close relationships they became like “sons” to him.
He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake Lions Club, VFW, American Legion, Ducks Unlimited, Elks Club and Clear Lake Senior Citizens Board. John and Amy were the first financial contributors to start Handicap Village (now One Vision), in honor of their daughter, Lisa.
Left to cherish memories are wife: Amy Boehm; daughter: Tamara (Michael) Schwichtenberg of Clear Lake; grandchildren: Bethany (Samuel) Krutzfeldt of Minneapolis, MN, Joel Schwichtenberg of Clear Lake, Casey Schwichtenberg of Boston, MA; sister: Eleanor Twigg of Acworth, GA; nieces and nephews: Kathy (Steve) Eighinger, Dan (Julie) Fisher, David (Kim) Fisher, Bev (Les) Trampel, Cecil (Sandy) Welhousen, and many other Boehm and Welhousen nieces and nephews; foster son: Bill Nelson; and many family and friends.
John was preceded in death by daughter, Lisa Kaye Boehm; parents: John and Leta Boehm; aunt and uncle: Teda and William Welhousen; siblings: Herbert Boehm, Harold Boehm, Lorraine Norwicki, Kenneth Boehm, Donald Boehm;// Jeannette Krause, Ella Eden, Wilbur Welhousen, Annie Schutjer, Gertrude Sleper, Herman Welhousen, Delores Bode; father- and mother-in-law: Frank and Ella Fisher; brother- and sister-in-law: Russel and Phyllis Fisher.
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