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Personal data Betty Lou Bosma 

  • Alternative name: Betty Bosma Bure
  • She was born on March 22, 1931 in Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA.
  • She died on June 15, 2002 in St. Mark's Luth. Home, Austin, Mower Co., MN, she was 71 years old.
  • She is buried on June 20, 2002 in Grandview Cem., Austin, Mower Co., MN.
  • A child of Thomas Fred Bosma and Grace Akkerman
  • This information was last updated on July 26, 2014.

Household of Betty Lou Bosma

She is married to Carl O. Bure.

They got married on February 4, 1955 at Albert Lea, Freeborn Co., MN, she was 23 years old.

Carl O. Bure oo Betty Lou Bosma

Source: Anonymous GEDCOM file loaded ix Mar MMI for marriage of Carl Bure to = Living Bosma

Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Buffalo Center IA, Centennial Book Committee, MCMXCII), pg 407, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'... Grace, [SMITH] and husband Tom Bosma had a daughter Betty who married Carl Bure, ...'

Buffalo Center (Iowa) Trib., Vol 111 # 14, 20 Jun 2002, pg 9 col 2

'... Betty Lou Bure, 71, ... passed away Saturday, June 14, 2002 ...

... On February 4, 1955 she was united in marriage to Carl O. Bure in Albert Lea. ...' <>

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Notes about Betty Lou Bosma

Betty Lou Bosma

Source: Author: N.N. (Anonymous), Title: GEDCOM file, (Publication location unknown, Publisher: Unknown, Publication date: loaded ix Mar MMI) for name = Living Bosma

Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pg. 407, Repository:Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"... Grace, [AKKERMAN] and husband Tom Bosma had a daughter Betty who married Carl Bure, ..."

Buffalo Center (Iowa) Trib., Vol 111 # 14, 20 Jun 2002, pg 9 col 2

"Betty Lou Bure, 71

Memorial services for Betty Lou Bure, 71, of Austin, Minnesota will be held at 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, June 20 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin. Rev. Russ Wangen will officiate. Intermnet is in the Grandview Cemetery. WorleinFuneral Home is in charge of arrangements. Betty Lou passed away Saturday, June 15, 2002 at St. Mark's Lutheran Home in Austin.

Betty Lou Bure, daughter of Thomas and Grace (Akkermann) Bosma Jr., was born March 22, 1931 in Buffalo Center. She attended country school near her home and graduated from Buffalo Center High school in 1949. After graduation, Betty andher close friend, Louise Nelson-Groe, moved to Phoenix, Arizona where they worked in the hospitality field. They later moved to Albert Lea where she worked at the Home Cafe. On February 4, 1955 she was united in marriage to Carl O.Bure in Albert Lea. After their marriage the couple made their home in Albert Lea for a short time before moving to Austin. She worked part-time doing local surveys for the James Gallup Company. They enjoued traveling, spending severalwinters in Bullhead City, Arizona. Mr. Bure passed away on February 23, 1998. In June of 2001 she moved to St. Mark's Lutheran Home. Betty was a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church and enjoyed playing golf.

Betty Lou is survived by a son, Dennis Lee Bure, and his companion, Lisa Murphy, of St. Paul, Minnesota; her mother, Grace Bosma, of Buffalo Center; three brothers: Thomas 'Ray' Bosma and his wife, Juanita of Buffalo Center; Gary Bosmaand his wife, Cindy of Hutchinson, Minnesota; Larry Bosma and his wife, Linda, of Mansfield, Texas; life-long friend, Louis Nelson-Groe, of Albert Lea; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death byher father and husband."

Note: Betty went to a rural school. It would seem likely she was raised on a farm outside the Buffalo Center city limits. She may have been born on a farm also, not within the Buffalo City limits. - D.A. Navorska - xxvi June MMII -Irving, TX

Note: The obiit does not give the location of the Grandview Cem. It is my hypothesis that the cemetery is within or near Austin, MN. - D.A. Navorska - 26 June 2002 - Irving TX <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Betty Lou Bosma

Thomas Bosma
1879-1948
Florence Adams
1884-1955
Oltman Akkerman
1886-1938
Gertie Smith
1888-1965

Betty Lou Bosma
1931-2002

1955

Carl O. Bure
1922-1998

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    Birthday March 22, 1931

    • The temperature on March 22, 1931 was between 4.2 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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    Day of marriage February 4, 1955

    • The temperature on February 4, 1955 was between 2.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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    Day of death June 15, 2002

    • The temperature on June 15, 2002 was between 13.2 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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    Day of burial June 20, 2002

    • The temperature on June 20, 2002 was between 10.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 26.4 mm of rain during 10.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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