Rosie Boike

April 23, 2020

Rosaliene Boike, 95, of Clara City, passed away peacefully Thursday, April 23, 2020 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul. Funeral services for immediate family only were held on Monday, April 27th with the Rev. Joel Gueningsman officiating. Burial was in the Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery in Clara City. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Rosie was born August 8, 1924, on a farm south of Luverne, MN, to Henry and Frieda (Kuhlmann) Dammermann. In 1933 the family moved to a farm by Maynard. Rosie was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and became an Active member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Clara City. On August 1, 1943, she married Herman Boike of Maynard. The couple farmed north of Gluek for 44 years until they moved into Clara City in 1988. Herman passed away September 16, 2001, due to complications from a brain trauma. Rosie was active in both church and community organizations including Chippewa County Fair, County Extension program, Homemakers Club, 4-H, Red Cross, PTA, Sunday School teacher, Bible Study, and WELCA. Her many hobbies included cake decorating, quilting gardening, dancing, sewing, playing cards, baking and cooking. She and Herman enjoyed many years traveling in the US and abroad, Preceding her in death were her husband (Herman); parents; two sisters (Lorraine Dammermann and Linda Hubel); two brothers (Arnold and Harold Dammermann); and numerous relatives and friends Rosie is survived by her children: David (CJ Harding) Boike of Excelsior, MN, Cheryl (Marc) Remhof of Inver Grover Heights, MN; 4 grandchildren; Erika Boike, Steven (Erin) Boike, Justin (Octavia Subia) Remhof , and Jessica (Josh) Anderson; 4 great grandchildren: Tyler and Mason Boike, Ari and Luna Rose Anderson; sister Evelyn Bredeson; 2 sisters-in-law and 1 brother-in-law. Memorials preferred to Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clara City.