BOILEAU, Leo Wayne (1929-2006)

BOILEAU, ANDROY, SMITH

Posted By: Elaine Harrington (email)
Date: 11/15/2006 at 19:13:28

Leo Wayne Boileau, age 77, of Glenwood, died Nov. 8, 2006, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Funeral services were held Nov. 11, 2006, at Hendeson Christian Church. Pastors Robert Jones and Derek Watt officiated. Private interment was in the Farm Creek Cemetery in Henderson.

The only child of Earl and Iva (Androy) Boileau, he was born on the family farm near Henderson, on June 26, 1929. He graduated from Henderson High School in 1946. He attended Iowa State College in Ames for two years and then began his farming career.

He and Beverly Smith were married at the United Methodist Church in Macedonia on Sept. 11, 1949. They made their home on the family farm, which would eventually achieve Century Farm status for being in the family over 100 years. Their marriage was blessed with two sons, Dennis Allan and David Dean. All became members of the Henderson Christian Church.

Mr. Boileau had many interests in addition to his farming and livestock activities. He was an avid sportsman, pursuing basketball, baseball, hunting and fishing. His favorite sport was baseball. After high school he played with town teams from Oakland, Elliott and Red Oak and eventually became coach of his sons' little league teams. Fishing trips with family or friends and hunting for deer and pheasant were regular events he enjoyed. He also enjoyed woodworking, gardening and listening to his wife play the piano. They were both avid supporters of the boys' school sports and 4-H. In 1998, he and his wife moved from the farm to a home in Glenwood. They had been married 57 years when he died.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Iva Boileau. He is survived by his wife Beverly of Glenwood; son Dennis and wife Jodi of Chaska, Minn.; son David and wife Shirley of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; one granddaughter; one grandson; and one great-grandson; other relatives and friends.

Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home of Malvern was in charge of arrangements.