----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection

MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 2/ /1947

BOEDEKER RITES ARE HELD IN GREENWOOD
REV. KLINGEBERGER OFFICIATES AT FUNERAL SERVICE

Greenwood--Funeral services for Simon Boedeker, 89, who died Feb. 2, 1947 at his home, 4 miles northwest of Greenwood, Clark County, were held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Schiller Funeral Home and at 2 o'clock at West Side Reformed Church.

The Rev. J.C. Klingeberger officiated and interment was made in West Side Cemetery.

During the services the senior choir, accompanied by Mrs. Otto Fravert, sang "Laszt Mich Gehen" and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus."

Pallbearers were Albert Fravert, Alvin Brick, Walter, Otto and Ed Schwarze, and Ed Steiger. Mrs. Clara Boedeker, his daughter-in-law, and his granddaughter, Marilyn Boedeker, both of Rosendale, attended the funeral.