Rev. Peter Volodja Boe Died 2018

BOE, SINEGINS

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/12/2018 at 16:52:50

Sioux City Journal
24 October 2018

Sioux City

Peter V. Boe, 80, of Sioux City, died Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, at a local hospital.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in rural Merrill, Iowa. Burial to be at a later date near the family cabin in Northern Minnesota. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, with family present at 6 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Rev. Peter Volodja Boe was an orphan during World War II, and did not know when or where he was born. His earliest memories include living with a caring woman who was likely his biological mother. He also recalls occasional interaction with a man who could have been his father. Originally named Volodja Sinegins, Peter learned that he was likely of Jewish and Belarusian ancestry, either in southern Latvia or northern Belarus. He and his brother, Tolja (Tom), were transported to the United States after the war. They were both adopted by Rev. Victor and Hilda Boe in 1950.

Peter graduated from Moorhead Senior High School in 1957, and from Concordia College in 1961. He graduated from Wartburg Theological Seminary in 1965. Following ordination, he was commissioned as a missionary at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moorhead, Minn., with his adoptive father participating as ordinator. In the fall of 1965, he departed for Nigeria, West Africa, and returned in 1971.

While on furlough from 1967 to 1969, he earned his MA degree in English at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., and he also met his wife, Betty. They married in 1971. Peter enthusiastically served the Lord at numerous parishes in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa, ministering until his last day at St. Paul Lutheran in Merrill. He was able to visit some of the children's homes where he stayed in Latvia with members of his family in 1998 and again in 2007.

He enjoyed fishing, playing Rook and chess, writing, playing accordion, reading, photography, fellowship with others, time with family, and being a crossing guard at Nodland Elementary. He was looking forward to the release of his book this December.

Peter is survived by his wife, Betty of Sioux City; four children, Nathan Volodja Boe (Ruth) of Texas, Sarah Elizabeth Boe Carlson, Justin Joel Boe (Michelle) of Oklahoma, and Steven Peter Boe (Dana) of Ohio; sister-in-law, Roxanna Boe of Minnesota; ex son-in-law, Stephen Carlson of Minnesota; 12 grandchildren, Ethan, Annabelle, David, Claire, Peter, Jeremiah, Gabriella, Brayden, Isabella, Leighann, Landon, and Lawson; along with several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Rev. Thomas Boe; and adoptive parents, Rev. Victor and Hilda Boe.

He will be greatly missed not only by his family, but by the many lives he positively influenced.