BOYENGA, Bena 1883-1964

BOYENGA

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 5/3/2016 at 20:24:59

Miss Bena Boyenga Dies in Hospital In Eldora May 29

Miss Bena Boyenga, a native of Germany and longtime resident of the Cleves community, died of a heart attack and complications at the Eldora hospital on May 29.

Miss Boyenga, was born in Germany on April 2, 1883. She came to the United States at the age of 5 with her parents, Jacob and Anna Boyenga, and lived near Cleves her entire life. She was a member of the East Friesland Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by two brothers, Joe of Ackley, Everett in a nursing home, and Mrs. Bohle Willems of Ackley.

Funeral services were held Monday, June 1, at 1:30 p.m. in the East Friesland Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Lee Feero. Interment was in the church cemetery.

--Ackley World-Journal (Ackley, Iowa), 4 June 1964, pg 1