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Edna Annie BOENING

Female 1919 - 2008  (89 years)


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  • Name Edna Annie BOENING 
    Birth 4 Apr 1919  Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 14 Jan 1920  Wilson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Justice Precinct 2, Dewees-Floresville Road
    Census 17 Apr 1930  Wilson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Justice Precinct 2
    Residence 17 May 2008  Floresville, Wilson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Religion Lutheran 
    Education Camp Ranch and Floresville schools 
    Occupation Housewife 
    Death 17 May 2008  Floresville, Wilson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • in the Regency Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
    Burial 22 May 2008  Floresville City Cemetery, Floresville, Wilson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I28720  Dyal and Speckels
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2010 

    Family Walter Fred GUENTHER,   b. 14 Sep 1917, Poth, Wilson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 2008, Floresville, Wilson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1938  San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • in St. John’s Lutheran Church
    Children 
    +1. Living
    Family ID F19686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2010 

  • Headstones
    Guenther, Walter Fred and Edna Boening
    Guenther, Walter Fred and Edna Boening

  • Notes 
    • Edna’s passion and love were found in growing a family, growing friendships, and growing a garden. Growing a Christian family was her highest priority. She and both children were baptized and confirmed in the First Lutheran Church in Floresville. She started her husband’s day with a warm smile, a kiss, and a warm cup of coffee. Her love for Walter could even be felt in the lunchbox that she prepared for him every morning that he made the trip to work in San Antonio. She was also active in instilling Christian values and a strong work ethic in her grandchildren. She also had a clever wit and a wonderful way with people which helped her grow many lasting friendships.

      Edna had many interests including fishing at the coast, tending their small herd of cattle, and raising purebred dachshunds. She was particularly passionate about growing her gardens. She insisted that the rows in their garden be straight as if marked by a chalk line. Her face, and that of Walter’s, would gleam when people would pass in front of their house in Camp Ranch, west of Floresville, and comment on their beautiful gardens. Her vegetables and flowers were her pride and joy. She would spend hours tending the plants and removing unwanted weeds. Her efforts in the garden were rewarded with bountiful harvests and many jars of canned vegetables, jellies, pickles, and relishes. Even upon moving into the Regency Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center she took pride in sharing her passion for gardening with the center’s staff, residents, and visitors which culminated in Guenther’s Garden at Regency Manor. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S129] Tuesday, May 27, 2008.

    2. [S82] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011), Number: 450-72-6660;Issue State: Texas;Issue Date: 1960.

    3. [S77] conducted by Robert C. Barritt, Headstone survey, 19 Jun 2010.

    4. [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Wilson County, Texas, ED 197, p. 7B, line 97.

    5. [S15] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Wilson County, Texas, ED 6, p. 7A, line 37.