Alice Boyes
Alice Louise Boyes, 96, of Garnavillo died Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at her residence in Garnavillo. Alice was born August 2, 1921, in Dubuque, Iowa. She was the daughter of Otto and Edna Freeman Henker. Alice was baptized on August 4, 1921, at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Dubuque and was confirmed in May 1934. She graduated from Dubuque Senior High School in 1940 and then attended Bayless Business College in Dubuque.
On July 29, 1943, she was united in marriage with Glenn Boyes at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Dubuque. Alice worked in the office of Sunbeam Bread in Dubuque from 1942 to 1947. She enjoyed sewing and cooking.
She is survived by one son, Jeffery (Martha) Boyes of Clear Lake, Iowa, one daughter, Lisa Boyes of Grinnell, Iowa; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and a son-in-law, Kris Bierbaum of South Carolina.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother Robert in infancy; her husband Glenn in 2003; one sister, Elizabeth Henker and a daughter, Linda Bierbaum.
No services are planned at this time. Memorials can be directed to St. Peter Lutheran Church, Garnavillo, IA.
The Leonard-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Elkader assisted the family.