Thomas
J. Boes 1940-2005
The Carroll Daily Times Herald, October 19, 2005
Carroll, IowaTom
J. Boes, 65, of Carroll died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005, at St. Anthony
Nursing Home in Carroll.
Mass of the Christian burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 21, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Carroll with the Rev.
Clair Boes officiating. Lector will be Bert Morenz. Gift bearers
will be Mr. Boes' grandchildren. Servers will be Danielle Pille,
Mackenzie Pille and Colby Baumhover. Eucharistic ministers will
be Peg Sanders and Diane Boes.
Casket bearers will be Cory Boes, Rob Boes, Greg Losh,
David Sanders, Daryl Sanders, James Sanders, Eric Polson and Brian
Barrett. Honorary casket bearers will be Joe Greteman, Dale Steinkamp,
Archie Schugg, Tom Kelly, Denny Halder and Art Reicks.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery at Carroll.
Visitation starts at 2:30 p.m. a rosary will be prayed
at 3 p.m. and a vigil will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Twit
Funeral Home in Carroll. Visitation will resume at 11:30 a.m. Friday
at the church. Memorial contributions can be made to Kuemper Catholic
Schools and left at the funeral home or church.
A son of Leonard and Nina (Booth) Boes, he was born
June 9, 1940, at Carroll and was educated at St. Bernard Catholic
School in Breda.
He and Karen M. Heithoff were married Oct. 7, 1961,
at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Roselle.
He and Patricia Sanders were married April 30, 2004,
at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Carroll.
Mr. Boes worked for Breda Creamery, Pepsi Cola in
Carroll, and Home and Commercial Construction. He was maintenance
engineer at Holy Spirit School and Kuemper High School from 1982
until illness caused him to retire recently.
He was a former member of the Breda Fire Department
and member of Holy Spirit Parish and Men's Club. He received the
1998 Vocational Human Service Award for Non-Profits from Carroll
Rotary Club. He enjoyed dancing, collecting John Deere memorabilia,
gardening, playing cards and working with the school kids.
Survivors include his wife, Pat Boes, of Carroll;
his mother, Nina Boes, of Breda; two sons: Rob Boes and his wife
Janell of Council Bluffs and their children, Claire, Anna and Ella,
and Cory Boes and his wife Denise of Gretna, Neb., and their children,
Ethan, Brynn and John; three stepsons: David Sanders and his wife
Peg of Carroll and their children, Josh, Bobby and Brady, Daryl
Sanders of Carroll and his children, Scott, Jason and Laura, and
James Sanders and his wife Julie of Carroll; two daughters: Carla
Losh and her husband Greg of Council Bluffs and their children,
Melissa and Brittany, and Michelle Barrett of Bellevue, Neb., and
her children, Brian and Maggie; a stepdaughter: Linda Polson and
her husband Eric of Lenexa, Kan., and their children, Jordyn and
Lauren; four brothers: John Boes and his wife, Carol, of Carroll,
Kevin Boes and his wife, Diane, of Carroll, Bryan Boes and his wife,
Delynn, of Arlington, Texas, and Keith Boes and his wife, Kelly,
of Carroll; and four sisters: Lynn Brincks and her husband, Larry,
of Lake View, Diane Rouff and her husband, Bill, of Fort Worth,
Texas, Rhonda Boes of Fort Worth and Kathleen Underberg and her
husband, Ted, of Breda.
Mr. Boes was preceded in death by his father; his
first wife, Karen, in 1996; a son, Bret A. Boes; and a grandchild,
Libby Boes.
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