BOEGER, Anna (KLUMKE)

BOEGER, KLUMKE, KLINE

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 6/25/2018 at 04:39:58

Obituary ~ Anna (Klumke) Boeger
March 16, 1835 ~ April 25, 1913

The Leon Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, May 08, 1913, Page 12

Anna Klumke was born in the province of Hanover, Germany, on March 16, 1835, and died April 25, 1913, being 78 years, 1 month and 9 days old at the time of her death. Her parents died when she was a mere child and her early life was spent in the home of her grandmother. Her brother, J[ohn]. H. Klumke, emigrated to American in 1849 and settled in Petersburg, Ill., and four years later he returned to his native country for the purpose of bringing his only sister Anna to the United States.

April 1, 1854, she married Carl Boeger, he too, being a native of Germany. In the fall of 1857 they moved to Clay township, Harrison county, Missouri. The family, after living there a few years, moved to Decatur county, Iowa. The farm still remains in the possession of their son Richard. Four sons and one daughter came to bring cheer and love into their home, but the family circle was broken by the death of their father when they were mere children.

In 1861 Mrs. Boeger and children moved to New Buda. At the close of the war her brother returned to New Buda, and in many ways filled the place of the husband and father in the home. Mr. Klumke continued to live with his sister until his death, Oct. 28, 1905. Such love and companionship existed between this brother and sister is seldom seen. Especially were they drawn together as the children grew up and left to make new homes of their own.

After the death of her brother, Mrs. Boeger moved to Davis City, in April 1906, where she has spent the remaining years of her life. For over fifty years she was a faithful wife to the memory of her husband.

In early life she was confirmed in the Lutheran church and remained a consistent believer of that faith until her heavenly Father called her to the better land.

Several years ago death claimed the lives of her two sons, Augustus [(1859 - 1894)] and Robert [(1860 - 1910)]. There now remain to mourn her death two sons, Richard [(1855 - 1919)], of this vicinity, and Ernest, of Washington, D. C., and her daughter, Mrs. John P. Kline, of Weldon, ten grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

The funeral services were held from the home of the deceased on Sunday afternoon, April 27, Rev. E. A. Place officiating. The body was followed to its last resting place in the old [Davis CIty] cemetery by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and neighbors.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2018