| 16. | i. | THOMAS5 DONLON, b. May 31, 1909, Chicago, Illinois. | |
| 17. | ii. | JOSEPH DONLON, b. March 27, 1914, Chicago, Illinois. | |
| 18. | iii. | ROBERT DONLON, b. August 20, 1919, Chicago, Illinois. |
| 19. | i. | RAYMOND EDWARD5 BOLAND, b. May 06, 1917, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | |
| ii. | DOLORES BOLAND, b. March 15, 1919, Elkader, Iowa; d. December 23, 1996, Prescott, Arizona. |
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Notes for DOLORES BOLAND: Baptised at St Joseph's Church in Elkader, Iowa on April 6, 1919 and her Godfather was Dr. Joseph Donlon and her Godmother was Maggie Donlon. Dolores graduated from St. Joseph's School in Elkader and from Mount Mercy College in Dubuque as a Registered Nurse. She cared for Clem Boland in Garner, Iowa as one of her first patients in a home environment. She later spent time in Dowagic, Michigan. From there I believe she joined the navy and was in the service for a short period of time. She and another nurse setup a chinchilla ranch near Fresno, California. We have some pictures and 8mm film showing her and other nurses building a garage there. Later she moved to Whipple, Arizona where there was a Veteran's Hospital. She lived in a quonset hut for some time period and then built a new home in Prescott, quite close to the hospital in Whipple. She spent the remainder of her life in this house. She loved to travel and so she did with other nurses and family. She spent a great part of her life with Virginia Wahls who lived in her house just a block and a half away from hers. They were like two peas in a pod as they traveled and did everything together. Virginia was like a member of the Boland family. She died a few years earlier than Dolores. Dolores told of the night she died that there was a very bright light coming from her room and the room was so bright when she came into it and found that she had passed away. Dolores died of cancer in the liver which came on rather suddenly and her life was snuffed out within 4 months from the time it was detected by doctors within her. She was a very generous person and would literally give anyone the shirt off her back. She loved to take 8MM movies with her camera and over the years she managed to take many reels of film. All of her 8MM film was converted to video a couple of years before she died and there was 12 hours of video. When you think that when she took the film it had to be done in 5-6 minutes tapes and they had to all be spliced and put on larger reels--what a task. Prepared by Joseph W. Boland in June 2001. |
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More About DOLORES BOLAND: Burial: January 1997, St Joseph's, Elkader, Iowa--next to her parents Degree: Registered Nurse |
| 20. | iii. | REGINA ANN BOLAND, b. February 16, 1923, Elkader, Iowa; d. March 31, 1987, Manchester, Iowa. | |
| 21. | iv. | GEORGE BOLAND, b. April 05, 1927, Elkader, Iowa, above the fire station. | |
| 22. | v. | JOSEPH WILLIAM BOLAND, b. January 02, 1932, Elkader, Iowa, Cain Place. | |
| 23. | vi. | LUKE BOLAND, b. October 17, 1936, Elkader, Clayton, Iowa, McDermott Place. |
| i. | EDWARD MICHAEL5 BOLAND, b. April 19, 1925, Boland homestead in Elkader, Iowa; d. January 03, 1995, Elkader, Iowa. |
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Notes for EDWARD MICHAEL BOLAND: Baptised at St Joseph's Church in Elkader, Iowa on May 3, 1925 and his Godfather was Luke Boland and his Godmother was Catherine Regan. Obituary: In loving memory of Edward: He entered the U.S. Army in March of 1951 serving during the Korean Conflict, then discharged honorably in February of 1953. Edward, along with his brother John, formed a partnership in 1959 to manage the Boland farm. The death of his brother John in 1986, resulted in a retiring of the farmstead. At this time Ed began to enjoy the companionship of those close to him in recent years. Mr. Boland has also been Commander of the VFW Post 4565 for several years. Edward was a very strong man who worked so hard all his life. I, Joe Boland, thought of him as the person in the poem "The Man With The Hoe." I remember one time Edward got angry at the white horse Nellie and slapped the horse on the behind to get her to move over in the stall. Nellie kicked Edward clear out the barn door--then he would have liked to half kill her but realized he was wrong and went on about his work. He was a very kind fellow. |
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More About EDWARD MICHAEL BOLAND: Burial: January 06, 1998, Elkader, Iowa, St Joseph's Cemetary |
| ii. | JOHN RICHARD BOLAND, b. January 04, 1927, Boland homestead in Elkader, Iowa; d. May 14, 1986, Elkader, Iowa. |
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Notes for JOHN RICHARD BOLAND: Baptised at St Joseph's Church in Elkader, Iowa on January 23, 1927 and his Godfather was Robert Neimeyer and his Godmother was Mrs D. T. Boland. John was a very quiet man, you would never know John was even in the same room with you unless you looked. He rarely said anything. He spent time in the Army and the rest of hios life was spent on the farm. |
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More About JOHN RICHARD BOLAND: Burial: May 14, 1986, Elkader, Iowa, St Joseph's Cemetary |
| 24. | iii. | KENNETH JOSEPH BOLAND, b. September 06, 1928, Boland homestead in Elkader, Iowa; d. 1995. | |
| 25. | iv. | GERALD DAVID BOLAND, b. February 23, 1930. | |
| v. | JAMES LOUIS BOLAND, b. August 19, 1931; m. NANCY Z, December 31, 1975, Cedar Rapids, IA. City Hall. | ||
| 26. | vi. | CATHERINE ANN BOLAND, b. January 12, 1933. | |
| 27. | vii. | HELEN THERESA BOLAND, b. February 19, 1939. |
| i. | JOHN PAUL5 BOLAND, m. EVELYN BOLAND. | ||
| ii. | CLETUS BOLAND. | ||
| iii. | LEROY BOLAND. | ||
| iv. | JOANNIS BOLAND, b. December 30, 1903. |
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Notes for JOANNIS BOLAND: Baptised at St Joseph's Church in Elkader, Iowa on April 12, 1904 and her Godfather was Michael Miller and her Godmother was Mrs Pat Orr. |