The following obituary was published in the May 26, 1977, issue of the (Eldridge, Iowa) North Scott Press about Henry "Heinie" Boll, founder and longtime proprieter of Boll's General Store, Princeton, Iowa:
Henry W. "Heinie" Boll, 78, owner and operator of Boll's Grocery Store in Princeton since 1922, died Sunday, May 22 at his home of an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the McGinnis Chapel, Bettendorf. The Rev. Larry Lindmark, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Princeton, officiated. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Davenport.
Pallbearers were Homer Johnson, Waldo Jones, Emil Drechsler, Harold Woomert, Joe Wilkinson and Myron Suiter.
Henry Boll was born, in Dixon on Feb. 23, 1899 to Johannes and Bertha Wulf Boll. He married Selma Stadtmuller in Monticello on Jan. 15, 1925. She preceded him in death on Aug. 7, 1974.
He started working in a Plain View grocery store at the age of 14. He later attended Brown's Business College, Davenport, taking courses in bookkeeping and shorthand.
Heinie worked at several jobs in various locations prior to opening Boll's Grocery in 1922. In addition to groceries his store stocked such items as harness and poultry feed. Some of his original customers still traded with him as did their children arid grandchildren.
He turned the management of the store over to his son, Merlin , in 1964 but continued to help' part time with the business.
He was a 50-year member of Snow Lodge AF & AM, LeClaire.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Leone) Kosman, Ottumwa; a son, Merlin, Princeton, and two grandchildren.
Henry W. "Heinie" Boll, 78, owner and operator of Boll's Grocery Store in Princeton since 1922, died Sunday, May 22 at his home of an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the McGinnis Chapel, Bettendorf. The Rev. Larry Lindmark, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Princeton, officiated. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Davenport.
Pallbearers were Homer Johnson, Waldo Jones, Emil Drechsler, Harold Woomert, Joe Wilkinson and Myron Suiter.
Henry Boll was born, in Dixon on Feb. 23, 1899 to Johannes and Bertha Wulf Boll. He married Selma Stadtmuller in Monticello on Jan. 15, 1925. She preceded him in death on Aug. 7, 1974.
He started working in a Plain View grocery store at the age of 14. He later attended Brown's Business College, Davenport, taking courses in bookkeeping and shorthand.
Heinie worked at several jobs in various locations prior to opening Boll's Grocery in 1922. In addition to groceries his store stocked such items as harness and poultry feed. Some of his original customers still traded with him as did their children arid grandchildren.
He turned the management of the store over to his son, Merlin , in 1964 but continued to help' part time with the business.
He was a 50-year member of Snow Lodge AF & AM, LeClaire.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Leone) Kosman, Ottumwa; a son, Merlin, Princeton, and two grandchildren.
The following obituary was published in the May 26, 1977, issue of the (Eldridge, Iowa) North Scott Press about Henry "Heinie" Boll, founder and longtime proprieter of Boll's General Store, Princeton, Iowa:
Henry W. "Heinie" Boll, 78, owner and operator of Boll's Grocery Store in Princeton since 1922, died Sunday, May 22 at his home of an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the McGinnis Chapel, Bettendorf. The Rev. Larry Lindmark, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Princeton, officiated. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Davenport.
Pallbearers were Homer Johnson, Waldo Jones, Emil Drechsler, Harold Woomert, Joe Wilkinson and Myron Suiter.
Henry Boll was born, in Dixon on Feb. 23, 1899 to Johannes and Bertha Wulf Boll. He married Selma Stadtmuller in Monticello on Jan. 15, 1925. She preceded him in death on Aug. 7, 1974.
He started working in a Plain View grocery store at the age of 14. He later attended Brown's Business College, Davenport, taking courses in bookkeeping and shorthand.
Heinie worked at several jobs in various locations prior to opening Boll's Grocery in 1922. In addition to groceries his store stocked such items as harness and poultry feed. Some of his original customers still traded with him as did their children arid grandchildren.
He turned the management of the store over to his son, Merlin , in 1964 but continued to help' part time with the business.
He was a 50-year member of Snow Lodge AF & AM, LeClaire.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Leone) Kosman, Ottumwa; a son, Merlin, Princeton, and two grandchildren.
Henry W. "Heinie" Boll, 78, owner and operator of Boll's Grocery Store in Princeton since 1922, died Sunday, May 22 at his home of an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the McGinnis Chapel, Bettendorf. The Rev. Larry Lindmark, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Princeton, officiated. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Davenport.
Pallbearers were Homer Johnson, Waldo Jones, Emil Drechsler, Harold Woomert, Joe Wilkinson and Myron Suiter.
Henry Boll was born, in Dixon on Feb. 23, 1899 to Johannes and Bertha Wulf Boll. He married Selma Stadtmuller in Monticello on Jan. 15, 1925. She preceded him in death on Aug. 7, 1974.
He started working in a Plain View grocery store at the age of 14. He later attended Brown's Business College, Davenport, taking courses in bookkeeping and shorthand.
Heinie worked at several jobs in various locations prior to opening Boll's Grocery in 1922. In addition to groceries his store stocked such items as harness and poultry feed. Some of his original customers still traded with him as did their children arid grandchildren.
He turned the management of the store over to his son, Merlin , in 1964 but continued to help' part time with the business.
He was a 50-year member of Snow Lodge AF & AM, LeClaire.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Leone) Kosman, Ottumwa; a son, Merlin, Princeton, and two grandchildren.
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