BOEHNKE, Arnold F. (1911-2002)

BOEHNKE, DOROW, ROENFANZ, LEHMPUHL, HINRICHS

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Date: 3/1/2019 at 11:30:20

Arnold Boehnke
1911-2002

May 07, 2002

The Rev. Arnold F. Boehnke of Colorado Springs, Colorado, formerly of Garner, died Friday, May 3, 2002, at the Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs. He was 90.

His funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 9, at the St. John's Lutheran Church, rural Garner, with the Rev. Carl Hedberg officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at the church on Thursday. The Cataldo Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Pastor Arnold F. Boehnke, the son of Carl August and Matilda (Dorow) Boehnke, was born October 3, 1911 at Garner. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. John's Lutheran Church. He attended St. John's Parochial School before entering his ministerial training at Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota. He spent two years as vicar at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Knoke, Iowa, teaching eight grades in a one-room Lutheran school and tending to pastoral duties for the congregation. He graduated from the Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1937.

On September 5, 1937 he married Alice Helena Roenfanz at St. John's Lutheran Church, Garner. During his years in the ministry, Pastor Boehnke served parishes in Knoke, Fort Dodge, and Lake City, Iowa; Great Falls, Montana; Jefferson, Iowa; as missionary-at-large for Leadville, Colorado and the surrounding areas; Ogden, Utah; and returned to serve Leadville Colorado; and served First Lutheran Church, Salida, Colorado, until he retired from the active ministry in 1976.

While in Lake City, Iowa, he served as circuit counsel for and as pastoral counselor for the Lutheran Women's Missionary League. In the District, he was a member of the Youth Board and Board of Christian Education. He served as chairman of the Family Life Committee and the Board of Appeals for the Iowa District West and the Colorado Districts. While in Leadville, Pastor Boehnke served as chairman of the county CROP program and Lake County Board of Health, was a member of the Mental Health Clinic and the Family Planning, Committee. He served as a marriage counselor and counselor to alcoholics and as a board member of the State Hospital.

Upon retiring, Pastor Boehnke served as vacancy pastor in Colorado for the congregations of Golden, Kit Carson, Cheyenne Wells, Sugar City, Rocky Ford, and Bennett, as well as Shepherd of the Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Rev. Boehnke is survived by his wife, Alice, of Colorado Springs; two sons, the Rev. Richard Boehnke and his wife, Gayle of Ortonville, Minnesota, and Rev. David Boehnke and his wife, Lynn of Wheaton, Minnesota; a daughter, Lavonne Lehmpuhl and her husband, William of Colorado Springs; also 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one brother, Arthur Boehnke of Garner; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Albert, Charles, William and Herman Boehnke; and one sister, Tillie Hinrichs.

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