Jacob Boerner

QUINNESEC - Jacob G. Boerner, 78, of Quinnesec, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006, at ManorCare Health Services in Kingsford, due to complications from a massive stroke. He was born on Feb. 22, 1928, in Niagara. Wis., the son of the late Jacob W. and Rose (Simon) Boerner. Jacob graduated from Niagara High School in 1946. He served in the U.S. Navy for two years. Jake worked for 42 years at the Niagara paper mill. He was a charter member of the AFL-CIO at the mill. He also owned and operated Boerner's TV Sales and Service. He was a member of St. Mary and St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Uren-Cooper-Johnson American Legion Post 50. Jake loved to work, especially yard work, and to keep busy. He enjoyed traveling. Jake was an avid Green Bay Packers fan and high school basketball fan, including attending the tournaments in Marquette and Madison. He married Dorothy Carrigg on Jan. 22, 1949, at St. Mary and St. Joseph Catholic Church. The couple celebrated 57 years of marriage this year. Jake is survived by his wife, Dorothy; two daughters, Cheryl Lee (Larry) Bero of Green Bay, Wis. and Nancy (Alan) Powers of Kingsford; one son, Jack (Ellen) Boerner of Little Chute, Wis.; three sisters, Hildegard Dvorak, Bernice Naus, and Rosalie Stitt, all of Chicago; one brother, Joseph (Edna) Boerner of Niagara; one granddaughter, Brenda (Don) Holman of Midland, lower Michigan; a special nephew and niece, Gary and Carol Dinco and their son, Aaron of Colebrook, N.H. He was preceded in death by three brothers, John, Martin, and Thomas Boerner. Visitation will be held on Monday from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Mary and St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the church. Father Paul Nomelli will offer the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in Cemetery Park. Graveside military rites will be accorded by the Uren-Cooper-Johnson American Legion Post 50. Condolences may be expressed to the family of Jacob Boerner online at www.tondinfuneralhome.com. The family has entrusted the Tondin-Ross and Freeman Funeral Home of Iron Mountain with the funeral arrangements.

Jacob Boerner

August 23, 1928 - August 23, 2006