Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Booms, Leonard W. June 13, 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Norma Novick fox2157@aol.com December 11, 2010, 9:58 am Published Friday June 14, 2002 HURON DAILY TRIBUNE Leonard W. Booms, 83, of Harbor Beach passed away on Thursday, June 13, 2002, at his home under hospice care. Born on October. 18, 1918, on the family farm homestead on Eppenbrock Road near Harbor Beach, he was the son of the late John and Elizabeth (Bischer) Booms. Leonard attended the Track School. He and Rita Geiger were married on June 17, 1941. Together they farmed in Sherman Township and raised their 14 children. He worked also for Dott Manufacturing for 29 years, retiring in March 2001. He was a lifelong member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Helena. He enjoyed playing cards with family and friends, doing mechanical repairs and gardening. Leonard is survived by his wife, Rita Booms of Harbor Beach; children, Ronald Booms and his wife, Pauline, of Ruth, Richard Booms and his wife, Connie, of Bad Axe, Sandra Stacer and her husband, Herb, of Rochester Hills, Nancy Vogel and her husband, Frank, of Minden City, Janis Quint and her husband, Don, of Warren, Larry Booms of Shalimar, Florida, Wally Booms and his wife, Carol, of Harbor Beach, Cheryl Cole and her husband, Gene, of Port Huron, John Booms and his wife, Jean, of Kawkawlin, Glen Booms and his wife, Lynda, of Bay City, Wayne Booms and his wife, Margie, of Marysville, Tim Booms and his wife, Paula, of Haslett, Perry Booms and his wife, Jacki, of Taylor, Texas and Terry Booms and his wife, Wendy, of Northville; 38 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Rosaline Messing and Margaret Maurer, both of Harbor Beach; many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Barbara Jean; five brothers, Roman, Arthur, Wilfred, Leroy, and twin brother, Bernard; five sisters, Clara Roggenbuck, Loretta Dropiewski, Alma Messing, Bernetta Messing and Emma Geiger. A funeral mass will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 15, 2002, in St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Helena with the Rev. Charlie Hammond, pastor officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. A parish vigil service will be conducted at 8 p.m. today at the Ramsey Funeral Home in Harbor Beach. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home and from 9 a.m. until the time of the service Saturday at the church. Memorials may be given to the St. Anthony's Memorial Fund or to Huron Memorial Hospice. Published Friday June 14, 2002 HURON DAILY TRIBUNE File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/huron/obits/b/booms10327nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb