Obituary     

Florence Schapman (Boes) 1914-2001
Mrs. Clarence Boes

The Breda News, June 1, 2001

Mass of the Christian burial for Florence Boes will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 2, at Holy Spirit Church in Carroll.

Mrs. Boes, 87, died Wednesday, May 30, 2001, of injuries received in a pedestrian/train accident in Carroll.

Concelebrating the Mass will be the Revs. Peter Duc Nguyen and James McCormick.

Lectors will be Stan Slessor, Elaine Boes and Tom Tibbitts. Gift bearers will be Tracy Hartley, Melanie Boes, Jennifer Berst and Jill Goodman.

Casket bearers will be Kent Slessor, Eric Slessor, Steve Slessor, Kevin Boes, Bruce Hartley, Martin Berst and Jay Goodman.

Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Carroll.

The casket will be taker to the church at 8 a.m. Saturday.

A daughter of Joseph and Frances (Ortner) Schapman, she was born March 10, 1914 at Mount Carmel.

She was raised in the Mount Carmel and Breda communities attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel School and graduated from St. Bernard High School.

She and Clarence Boes were married on Jan. 2, 1941, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Mount Carmel.

Mrs. Boes was a member of Holy Spirit Parish, its Ladies Guild, Holy Spirit Quilters, Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and the Legion of Mary. She enjoyed needlework, quilting, reading, cards and board games.

Survivors include three children and their spouses, Robert and Elaine Boes, of Emmetsburg, Joan and Tom Tibbitts of Fort Dodge and Ellen and Stan Slessor of Waverly; 10 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; a brother, Clarence Schapman of Carroll; and three sisters, Agnes Vonnahme of Carroll, Sister Rose Schapman FSPA of LaCrosse, Wis., and Rita Montgomery and her husband Ed, of Carroll.

Mrs. Boes was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Clarence; two brothers, Albert Schapman and Paul Schapman; and a sister, Alma Lopach.

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