Boese, Wilhelmina Helene (1893-1946)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1946 Jan 31 p. 5

Birth date: 1893

text of obituary:

Newton And Vicinity

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— Funeral services for Miss Minna Boese, 52, a former school teacher in the Goessel community, were held at the Goessel Mennonite church on Friday afternoon, January 25. Rev. P. P. Buller, pastor of the church, was in charge. Miss Boese, who was a high school teacher at Billings, Mont., for the last 18 years, had been filling her position till Friday, January 18, when over the week-end she suffered a stroke and passed away on Monday, January 21. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Ted Schmidt of Hillsboro, and one brother Dr. Adolph Boese of Coffeeville.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1946 Feb 28 p. 3

text of obituary:

MINNA BOESE

Minna Boese was born on June 5, 1893, to Abr. A. and Helena Letkeman Boese in Marion county, Kansas. She lost her mother in 1907, when she was 15 years of age. After this she assumed the responsibility of keeping house for her father, two brothers and one sister for several years, with the exception of one year when she attended the Bible Academy in Hillsboro.

She was baptized by Ref. H. Banman in the spring of 1914.

She had a great desire to go on to school and after her father was maried again she attended the academy at Behtel College for a number of years. later she attended Colorodo [sic Colorado] University and received the B. S. degree.

The Mennonite obituary: 1946 Mar 5 p. 13