Lois Boeding

LOIS BOEDING

Hopkinton

Lois Boeding, 90, died, Sunday, May 1, 2022, at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester with her family by her side. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at St. Luke's Catholic Church, Hopkinton, with interment in the Hopkinton Cemetery. Father Paul Baldwin will officiate at the services. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church, where a parish vigil service will begin at 4 p.m. Visitation will resume at 11:30 a.m. Thursday until service time. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

She is survived by nine children, Mary Ann Blanchard, Hopkinton, Doris (Dick) Cambridge, Cedar Rapids, Dan (Karen) Boeding, Marion, Dennis (Carolyn) Boeding, Anamosa, Susan (Gerald) Beitz, Monticello, Lori (Darrell) Reyner, Monticello, Don (Kathy) Boeding, Dundee, Vic (Leann) Boeding, Manchester, amd Cheri (Mitch) Orcutt, Delhi; a son-in-law, Dick Milroy, Monticello; a daughter-in-law, Patricia Boeding, Hopkinton; 32 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and one on the way; three great-great-grandchildren; and five sisters.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis; a son, David; a daughter, Joyce Milroy; three grandchildrenl two sons-in-law, Gerald and Tom; and seven siblings.

Lois Mary Kirby was born March 13, 1932, in Iowa City, Iowa. She was the daughter of Francis and Artezena Carradus Kirby. Lois stayed with her grandmother and worked at a cafe so she could graduate from Hopkinton High School. Lois Kirby married Francis Boeding on Nov. 28, 1950, at Immaculate Conception Church, Masonville, Iowa. In 1951, the couple moved to Hopkinton. While raising her 11 children, Lois also worked at the MarDon Dance Hall, she cooked at Harry's Tavern, operated the linotype machine for the Hopkinton Leader, and helped her daughter, Mary Ann, at the Showroom. Lois and Francis were best known for operating a wonderful day care in their home for many years.