Dochter van Gertrude Top en Oscar C Olson, geboren 28-2-1929 USA MN Luverne, overleden 6-11-2012 USA MN Saint Paul en begraven USA IA Sanborn Roseland CemeteryTrouwt 30-9-1949 Eugene Keith (Eugene) Boone, zoon van Evert E Boone en Frederica Vander Zwaag, geboren 28-2-1926 USA IA Newkirk, overleden 13-10-1986 USA IA Rock Rapids en begraven USA IA Sanborn Roseland Cemetery
Trouwt 18-3-1989 Herbert William (Herb) Veen, zoon van Cornelis Veen en Johanna Rensink, weduwnaar van Lois Rosenboom, geboren 8-12-1924 USA IA Boyden, overleden 24-7-2008 USA SD Sioux Falls en begraven USA IA Boyden Sheridan Township Cemetery
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BORN: February 28, 1929, Luverne, Minnesota
PASSED AWAY: November 6, 2012 St. Paul, Minnesota
SERVICE: November, 10, 2012
United Methodist Church; Sheldon, Iowa
Burial Roseland Cemetery, Sanborn, Iowa
Orva Jean Veen, the daughter of Oscar and Gertrude (Top) Olson was born on February 28, 1929 in Luverne, Minnesota. The family moved to Sanborn, Iowa in 1944. Jean attended school in Sanborn and while in high school she was always in band and was drum majorette for the marching band. She graduated from Sanborn High School in 1947. After graduation Jean worked for the Telephone Company in Sheldon.
She married Eugene K. Boone on August 30, 1949. They farmed with his parents southwest of Sheldon for four years before moving to Sanborn. In 1963 the family moved to Adrian, Minnesota, where Eugene and Jean both worked for Nobles County Review. They moved to Luverne, Minnesota in 1966 where Jean worked for the Farmer's Coop Elevator for three years before joining her husband at the Rock County Star Herald.
The couple moved to Rock Rapids, Iowa in 1973 where Jean worked for the Farmer's Coop Exchange. Eugene passed away on October of 1986.
Herbert "Herb" W. Veen, 83, of Sheldon passed away Thursday, July 24, 2008, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. Services will be held on Tuesday at United Methodist Church in Sheldon. Burial will be in Sheridan Township Cemetery at Boyden, Iowa, with military services conducted by American Legion Post 145 of Sheldon.
Herbert "Herb" W. Veen, the son of Cornelius and Johanna (Rensink) Veen, was born Dec. 8, 1924, on a farm near Boyden, Iowa. He received his education in the Grant Township Country school near Boyden. On June 1, 1944, he entered the U.S. Navy, serving aboard ship in the Pacific Theater of operations, mainly in the invasion of Okinawa. He was honorably discharged on May 17, 1946. He returned to the family farm where he farmed for 43 years.
On Nov. 18, 1948, he was united in marriage to Lois Rosenboom in Boyden. Herb and Lois were members of First Reformed Church in Boyden for 39 years, where he served as an elder. Herb also served on the Co-Op Board of Directors in Boyden. Lois preceded him in death on Dec. 6, 1987, in Sheldon. On March 18, 1989, he was united in marriage to Jean Boone. The couple remained on the family farm and Herb retired from farming in 1991. The couple enjoyed their winters in south Texas starting in 1993. The couple moved into Sheldon in 1996, and became members of United Methodist Church.
Herb is survived by his wife, Jean of Sheldon; two sons, Les and Norm; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two stepchildren; nine step-grandchildren; three great-step-grandchildren; two sisters, Cornelia and Emma; and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois; a granddaughter, Katie Veen; his parents; two brothers, Dick and John; two sisters, Bertha and Katherine; a stepson, Jeff Boone; and a step-grandchild, Tracy Boone.
Jeffrey Boone, son of Eugene and Jean Boone, was born Sept. 22, 1955, in Sheldon, Iowa. He lived in Sanborn, IA until 1963, then moved to Adrian, MN, and Luverne, MN, graduating from Luverne High School in 1974. He married Carol Kemper on Sept. 23, 1977. He attended Brown Institute in the Twin Cities and primarily worked in television and radio advertising for the next 20 years. He married Terri Quinn on Sept. 21, 1996, at the Presbyterian Church in St. Cloud, MN. He went to work for U. S. West Communications and moved with his family in 2002 to the San Diego area, where he was employed by Southwestern Bell Company. His church, Riverview Evangelical Free Church, was an important part of his life.
Survivors include his wife, Terri Boone; a daughter, Heather; three sons, Bradley Boone, Justin Boone and Evan Boone; his mother, Jean (Boone)and Herb Veen of Sheldon, IA; a brother, Stepen and Becky Boone of Scottsdale, AZ; and a sister, Rebecca and Robert Hammett of St. Paul, MN.
He is preceded in death by a daughter, Tracy Jean; and his father, Eugene Boone.