Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Boe, Aletta Hougen (Haugen) September 15, 1960
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Mrs. Aletta Boe
Dies At 91                       (From the collection of Vivian Norby Andersen)

	Mrs. Aletta Boe, 91, a pioneer of the Soldier community, passed away 
at her Sioux City residence Thursday morning, Sept. 15 after a two week 
illness.
	Mrs. Boe left her home in Soldier in 1951, going to live with her sons 
Orville and Adrian at the Alrambra Apartments in Sioux City.
	She was born in Green county, Wisconsin December 14, 1868, the first 
born child of Holver and Anna Hougen.  She was baptized here in the Lutheran 
faith.  Later her parents moved to Dows, Iowa where she spent her youth.  She 
was confirmed the 9th of November 1884 at the Otis Grove Lutheran church, 
Franklin county, Iowa.
	From here she moved to Denison with her parents and later to Soldier.
	She was married to Ole Boe in 1897 at Sioux City, moving to Soldier in 
1900.  To this union was born six sons, Harold, Roy, Adolph, Orville, Henry 
and Adrian.
	Her husband preceded her in death in 1941, and one son Dr. Roy in 
1952.  Survivors include five sons, Harold of Onawa, Adolph, Orville, Dr. 
Henry and Adrian, all of Sioux City; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson of 
Coeur d’Alene Idaho and Mrs. Emily Gilbertson, La Verne, Calif.; seven 
grandchildren and one great grandchild.
	Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 17 at the 
Soldier Lutheran Church.  Rev. Maynard Moen officiated and burial was at the 
Soldier Valley Cemetery at Soldier.  The Nelson Berger Funeral Home of Sioux 
City had charge of arrangements.  Five sons and a grandson were pallbearers.  
Two of Mrs. Boe’s favorite songs were sung at the funeral, “Jesus Lover of My 
Soul” and “Rock of Ages”.


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