Services Immanuel Lutheran ChurchSchleswig, Iowa
2 P.M. - Monday, September 21, 1998
Officiant Rev. Hilmer Hafner
Organist Lois Gronau
Soloist Jon Jensen
Solo Selections "How Great Thou Art" "I'm But a Stranger Here" "Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me"
Congregational Hymn "Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me LW 512"

Pallbearers Lonny Schmadeke, Douglas Gronau, Ronald Klinker, James Olson, Vernie Lutz, Ron Olson, Trent Auen, John Ang

Interment St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
Stockholm Township Kiron, Iowa

The family invites everyone to return to St. John's Church and join them in fellowship and lunch served by the Ladies Aid Walter A. Huebner and Sons' Funeral Service

LaVerne Boyens was born January 3, 1926, the son of Fred and Johanna (Lorenzen) Boyens. He died Friday, September 18, 1998, at the Odebolt Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Odebolt, at the age of seventy-two.

LaVerne was born on a farm near Irwin, Iowa where he lived with his parents. He began his education in a rural school near his home and at the age of eight, he moved with his parents to Aspinwall, Iowa. He then continued his education in the Manning Community Schools, graduating from the Manning High School in 1943.

After completing his education, LaVerne joined the U.S. Navy in 1944. During his Naval service, he was stationed at the Naval Training Station in Farragut, Idaho; AGC Pac Aboard Merchant Vessels; the USN Personnel Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the USN Persep Center at Great Lakes, Illinois. He was discharged from the Navy in 1946 and returned to the Crawford County region.

On February 16, 1949, LaVerne was united in marriage to Darlene Giermann at St. John's Lutheran Church near Kiron, Iowa. The couple settled in Denison until 1957 when they moved to Kiron. His career in trucking lasted for more than fifty years, retiring in 1998, necessitated by failing health.

In his leisure time, he frequently enjoyed dancing; socializing with his family and friends; and was particularly fond of animals. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who was kind considerate of everyone he knew. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Kiron and the American Legion.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his mother and father-in-law; one brother, and one sister. Survivors include his wife, Darlene of Kiron; one son Larry Joe "Jobe" and his wife, Nancy of Kiron; two grandchildren, Stacey, Joey and his wife Kari; one brother, Lester Boyens and one sister, Gladys Boyens both of Manilla; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.