Alice Boger

Alice Boger, age 97, of Odebolt, Iowa died Friday, May 13, 2005 at Methodist Manor in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Funeral Services will be Monday, May 16, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Arthur, Iowa. Burial will be in the Odebolt Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake.

Friends may call at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake on Sunday, May 15, 2005 from 6-8 p.m., where the family will be present, and again on Monday at the church in Arthur from 11:30 a.m. until service time.

Alice was born March 20, 1907, in Danbury, Iowa, the daughter of Burt Edward and Ida Geneive (Sanders) Nepper. She attended country school and St. Patrick’s Academy at Danbury, graduating from Mapleton High School in 1927. On September 12, 1927 she was united in marriage to Wm. M. Boger in Denison. They spent over 62 years together before Bill’s passing in 1990.

The couple farmed in Ida and Sac Counties. They retired from the farm in 1972 moving to Odebolt. She spent a number of years doing day care after moving to town. She enjoyed traveling to visit her children and grandchildren. Her hobbies were reading, mending clothes and love for plants and flowers. Family and friends were her life and she always looked forward to their visits, cards and phone calls. She seldom forgot a family member’s birthday or anniversary.

She was baptized on September 7, 1997 at the Arthur Evangelical Free Church and became of member of the church on September 14 of the same year. She enjoyed reading her bible, was a member of a bible study group and in later years when she could not attend church she enjoyed listening to the church’s weekly sermon on tape.

Survivors include three sons: William (Joanne) Boger, of Storm Lake, James Boger of Denison, Roger (Cheri) Boger of Windsor, MO; three daughters: Shirley (Wm.) McBride, of Kenosha, WI; Lois Catero of Mesa, AZ and Marjorie (LuVerne) Rydberg of Storm Lake; one son-in-law Robert Johnson of Arthur; two sisters-in-law: Eunice Nepper and LuElla Nepper of Ida Grove; 26 grandchildren: Michael Boger, Christopher Boger, Ronald Boger, Martin ( Jennifer) Catero, Joni (Allan) Walquist, Marguerite Mander Jones, Thomas Boger, Angelique Catero, Nancy (Robert) Kobisk, Natalie (Jay) Roth, Barbara (Robert) Wilhelm, JoEllen (James) Williamson, Vicki Kalsto, Beth (Gary) Williamson, Kathy ( Bruce) Wilson, Gayle (Harold) Craig, Lori (Al) Mc Bride, LaDon (Brenda) Rydberg, David Mc Bride, Kent (Brenda) Rydberg, Bobbie Pruiksma, Anne (Rollin) Nordell, Debbie (Richard) Hall, Paul (Nancy) Rydberg, Andrew Johnson, Joan (Tadd) Chapman; 76 great-grandchildren; and 21 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William; a son, Kenneth; two daughters, Joyce Johnson and Carol Boger; three grandchildren, L.J. Rathjen, Patti M. Devine and Bill Catero; six brothers, Edward, Franklin, Joseph, Paul, Robert and Lawrence (Bud); two sisters, Mary and Loretta; two brothers-in-law and one sister-in-law.