Carrol Boehland Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Carrol Grant Boehland of rural Bertha were held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at the Rose City Evangelical Free Church in Rose City with Pastor Larry Pearson presiding. Carrol passed away on September 29, 2011 at the age of 93 years at the St. William’s Living Center in Parkers Prairie. Carrol was born on August 13, 1918 to Albert and Myrtle Mae (Stevenson) Boehland at their home in Woodside Township. He attended country school and worked the family farm. He was united in marriage with Frances Maroney Hintikka on September 30, 1957 and together they raised her daughter Joann. Frances passed away on April 3, 1972. He then married Martha Betta Wynn in June, 1978. She passed away on December 29, 1996. On August 13, 2003, his 85th birthday, he married Janet (Nelson) Bartels Miller. Due to declining health and after a short stay at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, he moved into the St. William’s Living Center on August 5, 2011. He was able to enjoy his 93rd birthday at a family reunion in the park in Parkers Prairie. It was a wonderful day. Carrol worked his dairy and hog farm for most of his life and was a member of NFO. His hobbies included raising exotic birds, traveling and playing cards with neighbors. He enjoyed music and played the guitar and the fiddle. He was also an avid sportsman, enjoying fishing and hunting. Carrol was preceded in death by his first wife Frances and second wife Martha as well as his parents Albert and Myrtle. He is survived by wife Janet; step-daughter Joann Kriz; and sisters Lorene Lenz and Violet Westergren. He is also survived by Janet’s family: children Gordon Bartels of Eagle Bend, Glorianne Bartels of Hewitt, Glenn Bartels of St. Cloud, Georgiann Meyer of Adrian, Gerald Bartels of Fairmont and Gary Bartels of Bertha; 16 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Honorary pallbearers were David Truax, Allen Lenz, Rodney Leyh, Jim Brennen, Mark Schwantz and Ralph Maughan. Pallbearers were Robert Lenz, Thomas Lenz, Jeff Lenz, Richard Westergren Jr., Troy Westergren and Lee Truax. Interment was in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in Bertha Township.

Carrol Boehland

August 13, 1918 - September 29, 2011