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Grace Boeve

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Grace Adrianna Boeve, 95, Luverne, died Saturday, March 20, 2021, at the Sanford Luverne Hospital.
Public visitation was Tuesday, March 23, at Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. A private family funeral service was Wednesday, March 24. Burial followed at Memory Gardens Cemetery near Luverne.
Grace Burgers was born to George and Wilma (Zeilstra) Burgers on Sept. 18, 1925, on a farm near Larchwood, Iowa, where she was raised and attended country school. Upon completion of her education, she helped on her parents’ farm.
On March 8, 1943, Grace married Dick Boeve in Rock Rapids, Iowa. Following their marriage, the couple resided in Rock Valley, Iowa. In 1959 they moved to Luverne, where Grace was employed as a custodian for Luverne High School for a few years. She also worked as a custodian for Terrace Park Dairy. In 1992 she and Dick moved to Pipestone, where they lived until 1998, when they moved to Jasper. In 2007 the couple moved to the Centennial Apartments in Luverne. Dick died on March 17, 2011. Grace later moved to the Good Samaritan Society – Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne.
Grace was a member of the United Methodist Church in Luverne. She enjoyed fishing, gardening, reading, crocheting and playing games. Many evenings were spent playing Rummikub and bingo.
She is survived by two children, George (Janet) Boeve of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Donna (Richard) Christianson of Longville; four grandchildren, Tambray Boeve, Rick (Angie) Boeve, Amanda (Christopher) Ball and Jessica (Rey) Drees; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dick Boeve; a son, Wilbur Boeve, age 3; three brothers, Weber, Neal, and George Burgers; and six sisters, Bertha Van Engelenhoven, Nellie Vanden Hul, Tillie Olson, Minnie Van Den Top, Jennie Clark and Wilma Koedam.
Arrangements were provided by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, hartquistfuneral.com.
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