Esther M. (Johnson) Boe, 98, of rural Ottawa, passed away Monday evening, February 23, 2015 at OSF St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, February 27, 2015 at Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church in Ottawa with Rev. Timothy Johnson, pastor officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park in Ottawa. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa.
Mrs. Boe was born on April 23, 1916 in Chicago to J.H. Robert and Anna (Anderson) Johnson. She married Lester Boe on November 17, 1945 in Hauge Lutheran Church in Chicago. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church in Ottawa.
She is survived by her husband, Lester of rural Ottawa; four children, Eugene (Gudrun) Boe of Fergus Falls, MN, Ruth (Larry) Stanford of Ottawa, Russell (Nancy) Boe of Ottawa, and Judy (Kevin) Snook of Ottawa; 9 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death her parents; one sister, Laurine Johnson; and one brother, Robert Johnson.
Pallbearers will be Mark Boe, Chris Snook, Richard Snook, Joe Steffen, Tom Lamb, Ryan Erkenbrack, David Narvesen, Amir BenZvi and Matt Cunningham.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church in Ottawa or to the donor’s choice.
Esther is laid to rest in the Garden of the Ten Commandments.