Mildred Orva Boe, 84, died on Saturday, July 1, 2006, at
her home in Jewell.
Funeral services were held on
Thursday, July 6, at the Elim Lutheran Church, Randall. Burial followed
in the Mt. Olive Cemetery, Randall.
Mildred Orva Owenson Boe was
born at home in Randall on February 16, 1922, the daughter of Orville
and Myrtle Johnson Owenson. She was the second child in a family of five
girls and five boys. Being one of the eldest children in a large family
meant contributing with chores and looking after younger siblings. Her
assignment was to clean the milk separator daily.
She grew up in rural Randall,
was baptized and confirmed at the Elim Lutheran Church, and graduated
from the Randall High School in 1940. Mildred continued her education
and graduated from the Iowa School of Beauty in Des Moines. She operated
her own salon in Story City until becoming a farm wife.
Mildred and Clifford Jacobson
Boe were married on July 6, 1945, and started a life together on a farm
west of Story City. Her life revolved around the Rosendale neighborhood,
keeping busy with ladies aid, teaching Bible and Sunday School at St.
Paul's Lutheran Church, motherhood, and helping with farm tasks.
She together with Clifford
raised one daughter, Cathryn.
They continued farming together
until moving to Jewell in 1976. Mildred then put her knowledge of sewing
to good use working in the Story City Ben Franklin Store. She would also
keep busy volunteering at the South Hamilton School with the reading
program, and did child care in her home.
She is survived by one
daughter, Cathryn Elkin and husband, Wayne of Clarion; two
grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy Eller of Colorado Springs, Colorado
and Delores Thompson of Webster City; two brothers, Curtis Owenson of
Story City and David Owenson of Cedar Rapids; sisters-in-law; cousins;
and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by
her parents; husband; two sisters, Gladys Holm and Charlotte Brown; and
three brothers, Orville Owenson Jr., Peter Owenson and Carroll Owenson.
