M Julene Boeckman
d. January 1, 1900
M Julene Boeckman
Mankato Mortuary
1001 N. Riverfront Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
(507)388-2202
Our beloved Sister M. Julene Boeckman, 90, died peacefully at 12:05 p.m., Wednesday, November 14, 2012, in Notre Dame Health Care Center, Our Lady of Good Counsel Campus, Mankato, Minnesota. Just over three weeks ago, Notre Dame Health Care sisters gathered for a quiet celebration of her ninetieth birthday. Within the past week, her condition showed a marked decline, and sisters began keeping vigil with her.
The funeral Mass for Sister Julene, with Father Andrew Olsem as presider, will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, November 19, in Good Counsel Chapel, followed by burial in our cemetery. The vigil service will be at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 18. We extend our sympathy to her sister Delores Stocker, her brother Mark (Evelyn), her brother-in-law, Joe Barlage, her nieces and nephews and their families, her former students and colleagues, and her sisters in community, the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Julia (Hoffmann) Boeckman, her sisters Clothilda Burmeister, Margaret Mike and Alice Barlage, and her brothers Leonard, Lawrence and Raymond.
Sister Julene was born October 20, 1922, near Jordan, Minnesota, and baptized Monica Gertrude two days later at St. John the Baptist Church in Jordan. Monica was the fifth child and third girl in a family that would eventually number nine children. At the age of seven, she enrolled in first grade at St. John the Baptist School, taught by the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Because she was seven, she was allowed to make her First Holy Communion as a first grader. She wrote, "One of my big requests of Jesus that day was to make me a sister, because they were always happy and could go to church every day."
On Christmas Eve in 1934, Monica's mother died of pneumonia, leaving a family with children ranging in age from four to nineteen. Sister Julene was twelve at the time and later commented that it was a sad Christmas for the family, but they had the consolation of knowing that their mother had a happy Christmas in heaven.
Sister Julene's vocation story continued when she was in seventh grade: "In the classroom, there was a picture on the wall of a girl called to the religious life. The picture inspired me with a new motive, that of doing something for Christ. After Sister talked to us about the picture, I confided to her that I wanted to be a sister." About the time of her Confirmation in April 1937, Monica had definitely decided to be a sister, but did not know what to do. She wrote, "Then a letter came from Good Counsel with the leaflet, "Think It Over.' That summer I got in touch with several Jordan girls attending the aspiranture. Magdalen Breimhorst [the future Sister Marlene
1001 N. Riverfront Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
(507)388-2202
Our beloved Sister M. Julene Boeckman, 90, died peacefully at 12:05 p.m., Wednesday, November 14, 2012, in Notre Dame Health Care Center, Our Lady of Good Counsel Campus, Mankato, Minnesota. Just over three weeks ago, Notre Dame Health Care sisters gathered for a quiet celebration of her ninetieth birthday. Within the past week, her condition showed a marked decline, and sisters began keeping vigil with her.
The funeral Mass for Sister Julene, with Father Andrew Olsem as presider, will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, November 19, in Good Counsel Chapel, followed by burial in our cemetery. The vigil service will be at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 18. We extend our sympathy to her sister Delores Stocker, her brother Mark (Evelyn), her brother-in-law, Joe Barlage, her nieces and nephews and their families, her former students and colleagues, and her sisters in community, the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Julia (Hoffmann) Boeckman, her sisters Clothilda Burmeister, Margaret Mike and Alice Barlage, and her brothers Leonard, Lawrence and Raymond.
Sister Julene was born October 20, 1922, near Jordan, Minnesota, and baptized Monica Gertrude two days later at St. John the Baptist Church in Jordan. Monica was the fifth child and third girl in a family that would eventually number nine children. At the age of seven, she enrolled in first grade at St. John the Baptist School, taught by the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Because she was seven, she was allowed to make her First Holy Communion as a first grader. She wrote, "One of my big requests of Jesus that day was to make me a sister, because they were always happy and could go to church every day."
On Christmas Eve in 1934, Monica's mother died of pneumonia, leaving a family with children ranging in age from four to nineteen. Sister Julene was twelve at the time and later commented that it was a sad Christmas for the family, but they had the consolation of knowing that their mother had a happy Christmas in heaven.
Sister Julene's vocation story continued when she was in seventh grade: "In the classroom, there was a picture on the wall of a girl called to the religious life. The picture inspired me with a new motive, that of doing something for Christ. After Sister talked to us about the picture, I confided to her that I wanted to be a sister." About the time of her Confirmation in April 1937, Monica had definitely decided to be a sister, but did not know what to do. She wrote, "Then a letter came from Good Counsel with the leaflet, "Think It Over.' That summer I got in touch with several Jordan girls attending the aspiranture. Magdalen Breimhorst [the future Sister Marlene
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