Obituary of Esther Boreen

BOREEN - Esther Margaret (Caul) Boreen was born Feb. 4, 1925 to Wilfred and Edith (Parker) Caul at Langenburg, SK, the youngest of three children. Esther took all her schooling in Langenburg and following graduation worked at the Toronto Dominion Bank until 1949 when she married Ray Boreen on Oct. 4th 1949. They made their home in Churchbridge until they purchased a mixed farm west of Churchbridge in 1952. There they raised their three children: Barry, Pat and Judy. Esther was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Aid until the Lutheran churches amalgamated as well as the Homemakers Club for 4 years. Esther loved to curl and was made an honorary member of the Churchbridge Curling Club. To the very end she loved to watch curling and baseball. She was not a real fan of the new skins game nor all the money that was being paid out for sports "That's not sports". She was all for the underdog. She was a faithful supporter of any activities her children were involved in: 4-H, Air Cadets, variety of sports, music, drama, etc. Once they retired from the farm and moved in to the town of Churchbridge they did enjoy some trips to a variety of places with their good friends Gerhardt and Lillian Hintz. Once the grandchildren came along and started school they then took road trips to attend their Christmas concerts, band/music concerts, and graduations. Esther was well known for her great memory of everyone's anniversary and birthday and to the very end did not miss a grandchild's or great-grandchild's birthday. She may have been a little late occasionally but that was because she could no longer go get the cards herself and had to depend on someone else to purchase them. Once Ray's health started to fail they moved from Churchbridge to Neepawa, to be closer to their daughter Judy, who could assist with navigating the health system. Their initial home was in a mobile home park and shortly after the passing of Ray, Esther moved into a seniors housing complex - Elks Manor where she made many wonderful and lasting friends. In July of 2015 Esther was diagnosed with metastatic ovarian cancer and it was pretty much downhill from there but she made a valiant effort to remain in her own home with the assistance of home care and her daughter Judy, right up to the day before she passed, January 22, 2016 at the Neepawa Health Center. Esther is predeceased by her parents Wilfred and Edith Caul; her in-laws Alvin and Esther (Dahl) Boreen; her husband Ray; son Barry; sister Merril Rathgeber; brother Stanley Caul and many sisters and brothers-in-law: Albert Rathgeber, Beulah Caul, Doris (Boreen) & Henry Putland, Don Martin, Elva (Boreen) & Edgar Kaeding, Bud (Virgil) & Anita Boreen, Dale Boreen, Betty (Boreen) & Herb Bjarnason, Curtis & Carol Boreen, Don & Shirley Boreen, Hugo and Patricia Boreen, Leroy (Pun) & Merle Boreen, Iris (Boreen) & Ewald Itterman. Leaving to remember and honor her are her son, Pat and his family of Tammy, Nolan, Cayle and Cody Brenner; Heather, Jay, Lily, Declan, Tessa & Hope Johnston; and Todd, Tamara, Calla, Quinn & Carter Boreen; daughter-in-law, Bev Boreen and her family of Jennifer, Scott, Will & Norah Russill and Aaron, Krista, Andrew & ? Boreen; and her daughter, Judy Gabler and her family of Darrell and Colby; sisters and brother-in-law: Ila Martin, Scott & Elva Boreen and Joyce Boreen; numerous nieces, nephews and her many other relatives and friends. The funeral service was held on Thursday, February 4th 2016 from Trinity Lutheran Church in Churchbridge with Pastor Jeff Dul officiating. Esther's son Pat gave the eulogy. Organist, Vallery Putland led the congregation in the singing of the hymns 'In the Garden', 'Jesus Loves Me' and 'How Great Thou Art'. Garnet Putland & Bob Bjarnason were the ushers. The interment took place in the Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Tammy Brenner, Jennifer Russill, Heather Johnston, Aaron & Todd Boreen and Colby Gabler serving as the casketbearers. On Friday, February 5th a memorial service took place in Neepawa at Christ Lutheran Church. Pastor James Vosper officiated. Service Information Thursday, February 4th, 2016 1:00pm, Trinity Lutheran Church Interment Details Yorkton Memorial Gardens