Berge B. Boe, 1891-1978

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Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 9/28/2010 at 18:23:51

ESTHERVILLE—Services for Berge B. Boe, 86, were held Saturday at the Henry and Olson Funeral Chapel, Estherville, with the Rev. Bob Atkins of the Evangelical Convenant Church, Trimont, Minn. Interment was in Palestine Lutheran Cemetery, Dolliver.

Mr. Boe died Thursday afternoon at the Methodist hospital, Rochester, Minn.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Berge Boe, he was born June 8, 1891, in Norway. He received his education in Norway and came to the United States in 1906. He was married to Rena Nelson in 1915 and she died in 1926. He then married Hazel Jensen in 1947.

He farmed most of his life but ran an implement business for 10 years.

Mr. Boe is survived by his wife, Hazel; one daughter, Mrs. Edgar (Ruby) Warner, Kansas City, Mo.; three sons, Edward Boe, Sherburn, Minn., Barney Boe, Dunnell, Minn., and Archie Boe, Chicago, Ill.; five grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, one daughter, five brothers and eight sisters.

Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa; May 15, 1978.