Obituary of B.W. Boll

Bruno W. "Joe" Boll, age 99, of Iowa City passed away on February 18, 2010, following a short illness. Memorial services will be held at 10am Monday, February 22, 2010, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service with burial in Sheldon, Iowa at a later date. Visitation will be from 2-4pm Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial donations can be made in Joe's memory to Iowa City Hospice. Online condolences may be sent for his family through the web @www.gayandciha.com. Joe was born September 25, 1910, in Zurich, Switzerland. He came to the United States in 1921 with his mother, Alice Schuck, and his brother Otto, passing through Ellis Island before settling in Sheldon, Iowa, and taking the name of his step-father, Joe Boll. His step-father worked in a harness and shoe store and Joe began a career in the shoe business which was to last sixty years. Joe graduated from Sheldon High School and on September 8, 1937, he married Edith Wolf in Sheldon. They remained together for over 57 years until her death in 1995. He remained in the shoe business there, with the exception of service in the U.S. Army from 1943-45. In later years, he was employed as a factory representative for Genesco Shoe Corp. He resided in Sioux City, Glenwood, MN, Alamo, TX and again in Sheldon, before coming to Iowa City in 2001. Joe was an avid Bridge player and enjoyed sports, particularly Hawkeye sports. He is survived by his daughter, Janet Boll Wicks and husband Al, of Iowa City; son, Larry and wife, Diane, of Carmichael, California; grandchildren, David Boll and family of Greeley, Colorado, Cindy Beckey and family of Torrington, Wyoming, Susan Hamilton and family of Honokaa, Hawaii, Mark Wicks and family of Charles City, Iowa, Craig Wicks of Cedar Rapids, Brian Wicks and family of Iowa City; and six great-grandchildren.