Balsor (Boss) Isley Booe
1883 - 1971 (87 years)-
Name Balsor (Boss) Isley Booe Birth 25 Aug 1883 IN Gender Male Death 1 Jan 1971 - Crawfordsville Journal Review 3-Jan-1972 p 4 -- Veedersburg - Balsor Isley "Boss" Booe, 88, of Veedersburg, died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in St. Elizabeth Hospital at Danville, Ill. He was self-employed and attended the Veedersburg school system. He was a member of Sterling Christian Church and had been a life resident of Veedersburg area. Born Aug 25, 1883, in Founatin County, he was a son of Solomon Islie Booe and Hannah Taylor. He was married June 27, 1903 to Effie Mae Alston at Chambersburg. She died Jan 24, 1953. Survivors include two sons, Orville Booe of Hillsboro and Walter Eugene Booe of Peoria, Ill; three daughters, Mrs. Hazel Hay of Danville, Ill, Mrs. Dorothy Rasmussen of Williams Bay, Wisc and Mrs. Betty Reynolds of Attica; 28 grandchildren; 49 great grandchildren ; 3 great great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fishero Funeral Home in Veedersburg!
with Rev. Alfred Dobbs officiating. Burial will be in Coal Springs Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Burial Veedersburg, Fountain, IN - Burial: Cold Spring Cemetery
Person ID I3461 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 30 Oct 2017
Father Rev Solomon Isley Booe, b. 29 Oct 1860, Fountain County, IN d. 2 Mar 1929, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN (Age 68 years) Mother Emerine Thomas Underwood, b. 15 Sep 1861, Fountain County, IN d. 1 Feb 1936, Fountain County, IN (Age 74 years) Family ID F1138 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Effie Mae Alston, b. 18 Jun 1885, Montgomery County, IN d. 25 Jan 1952, Fountain County, IN (Age 66 years) Marriage 27 Jun 1903 Fountain County, IN Children 1. Russell Warren Booe, b. 25 Nov 1906, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN d. 5 Oct 1966 (Age 59 years) 2. Orville Earl Booe, b. 12 Oct 1907, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN d. 13 Sep 1977, IN (Age 69 years) 3. Hazel Florence Booe, b. 26 Mar 1909, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN d. 24 Oct 1994, Danville, Vermilion, IL (Age 85 years) 4. Elizabeth Alberta Booe, b. 11 Jun 1912 d. 30 Nov 1943 (Age 31 years) 5. Lawrence Isley Booe, b. 3 Jan 1915, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN d. 12 Jun 1966, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN (Age 51 years) 6. Edith Mae Booe, b. 30 Aug 1917, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN d. 26 Mar 1918, Sterling, Fountain, IN (Age 0 years) 7. Charles William Booe, b. 14 Mar 1918, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN d. 9 Oct 1965, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN (Age 47 years) 8. Herbert Carlyle Booe, b. 15 Oct 1921 d. 30 Oct 1921 (Age 0 years) 9. Dorothy Louise Booe 10. Walter Eugene Booe, b. 24 Jan 1925, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN d. 18 Jun 2004, IL (Age 79 years) 11. Betty Lou Booe, b. 5 May 1926, Veedersburg, Fountain, IN d. 1 Jan 2011, Mulberry, Clinton, IN (Age 84 years) 12. Robert Max Booe, b. 16 Aug 1927 d. 16 Aug 1927 (Age 0 years) Family ID F1139 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2016
- Crawfordsville Journal Review 3-Jan-1972 p 4 -- Veedersburg - Balsor Isley "Boss" Booe, 88, of Veedersburg, died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in St. Elizabeth Hospital at Danville, Ill. He was self-employed and attended the Veedersburg school system. He was a member of Sterling Christian Church and had been a life resident of Veedersburg area. Born Aug 25, 1883, in Founatin County, he was a son of Solomon Islie Booe and Hannah Taylor. He was married June 27, 1903 to Effie Mae Alston at Chambersburg. She died Jan 24, 1953. Survivors include two sons, Orville Booe of Hillsboro and Walter Eugene Booe of Peoria, Ill; three daughters, Mrs. Hazel Hay of Danville, Ill, Mrs. Dorothy Rasmussen of Williams Bay, Wisc and Mrs. Betty Reynolds of Attica; 28 grandchildren; 49 great grandchildren ; 3 great great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fishero Funeral Home in Veedersburg!
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