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Boese Family

The Boese families have been life-long residents of Hillside starting in 1907 when Henry Boese and his wife, Theresa, moved from Iowa.  They started their monument business on 12^th Street across from the Oak Ridge Cemetery entrance. They lived in their homestead next to their monument business with their three children, Herman, Leah and Emma (Westphal).  Henry's son, Herman and his wife, Minnie, lived in the homestead with their two children, Herman Jr. and Eleanor, and continued the monument business in the same location. When the home was razed, the Boese's built a brick home on Orchard Street.

Numerous sources were used in the compilation of these entries including but not limited to:

• "Progress, Pride, Growth, 1905 - 1980, 75^th Anniversary --Village of Hillside", C.1981 published by Village of Hillside, Hillside, IL, by Ruth Lommatzsch and Ann Hoogstra
• DuPage County Genealogical Sociey - issue of March 2000 #151
• Broadview Golden Jubilee -- 1914 to 1964, Articles by Val Koch, published by the Village of Broadview
• Records and materials supplied from the archives of Broadview Historical Society--courtesy of Michael Kaminski
• From the Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 13 Nov, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.112.5.68283.115

Other specific references are notes within individual entries.

Last Modified:  01/20/2003