Olive R. Hendricksen Boone 1918-1999

BOONE, HENDRICKSEN, JOHNSON, BITTNER, KIMBALL, BEAVER, MYHRE

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 9/8/2013 at 01:09:58

Olive Boone
Spirit Lake – Funeral services for Olive R. Boone, 80, of Spirit Lake, formerly of Estherville, will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30, 1999, at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Chapel in Estherville with the Rev. Paul Wiegman officiating. Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville. She died Wednesday [January 27, 1999] at Avera Holy Family Hospital in Estherville.

Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home in Estherville.

She was born on Dec. 1, 1918 in Thornton, the daughter of Peter L. and Christina (Johnson) hendricksen. She lived in several communities in Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and South Dakota. She received her education in several schools, graduating from Spencer High School in 1935.

On June 13, 1949, she was united in marriage to Lloyd N. Boone at Spirit Lake. The couple lived in California for a short time and returned to Estherville in 1950. She assisted her husband with the bookkeeping at Boone Jewelry. The couple moved to Spirit Lake in 1980.

She was a resident at Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

She is survived by her husband Lloyd of Spirit Lake; son David Boone of Gilbert; granddaughters, Elizabeth Bittner of Ames, Christina Bittner of Estherville, twin granddaughters, Patrice and Michelle Bittner of Estherville; son-in-law Ron Bittner of Estherville; brother-in-law, Herman Kimball of Spirit Lake; sisters-in-law, Marguerite Hendricksen of Culver City, Calif., Lora Belle Beaver, Estherville; brother-in-law, Warren Boone of DePere, Wis.; and sister-in-law Jean Myhre of Spirit Lake.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, parents, one sister and one brother. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, January 29, 1999)