Boice, Dean Thomas -- 1934 - 2000

RYAN, BOICE, BAKER, PHILLIPS, NELSON

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Date: 7/5/2010 at 16:57:21

Decorah Public Opinion, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000

Dean Thomas Boice

Dean Thomas Boice, 66, of Decorah, died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 11 a.m., at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah, with Msgr. E. W. Lechtenberg officiating.

Visitation will take place in the church after 10 a.m.

Pallbearers include Ed Aubrey, Paul Bruening, Steven F. Butler, Fred C. Kautman, Darwin D. Melcher and Don Rilling.

Honorary Pallbearers are Larry Baumler, Larry Gunhus, Earl Halse, Jerry Maley, James Molumby, Carsten Quam, Joseph Sheridan and Wayne Stevenson.

Cantor will be Joan Schissel. Soloist is Alan Sensor. The congregation will sing "Amazing Grace", "Be Not Afraid" and "On Eagle's Wings".

Dean Thomas Boice was born on August 15, 1934 in Decorah, the only child of Donald and Eva (Ryan) Boice.

He graduated from Decorah High School in 1952.

He married Laura Mae Baker on Sept. 5, 1953 in Winona, Minn.

Dean Boice worked for the Iowa Department of Transportation for 41 and 1/3 years. He retired in 1994 due to health problems.

Dean Boice served on the Winneshiek County Conservation Board and for the Winneshiek County Republicans.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, raising horses and chickens, visiting with friends at coffee and above all, spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife, Laura, two sons, Don "Buck" Boice and Valerie and Ron Boice and Nancy, all of Decorah; two daughters, Beverly Phillips and Darin Nelson of Decorah and Joan Boice of Ridgeway.

He is also survived by nine grandchildren: Brooke and Breelyn Boice, Brian, Laurie, Brandee and Loren Phillips, and Devon Nelson, and Stephen and Joshua Boice, in addition to five great grandchildren.

Dean Thomas Boice was preceded in death by his parents and his step-father, Verne Baker.

Transcribed by an IA GenWeb Volunteer from obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa.