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Visitation will start at noon on Friday at Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home in Grand Junction, with family visitation from 6:00-8:00 pm Friday evening at the funeral home.
Paul Edward Boorn, son of John and Anna Boorn, was born on August 4, 1920 in Muscatine County, Iowa. He grew up in rural Muscatine County attending rural school. He worked as a farm laborer. Paul was united in marriage to Florence Thompson in 1942 in Muscatine, Iowa. The couple farmed in several locations in eastern Iowa. Paul was also a trucker for several years and retired from Nash-Finch. In 1963, he married Joyce Pettit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In June 1994, he was united in marriage to Beverly Haase at the Presbyterian Church in Grand Junction. The couple made their home in Grand Junction, Iowa. Paul attended First Presbyterian Church in Grand Junction. Paul Edward Boorn died March 2, 2005 at the Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson. He was 84 years of age. Preceding him in death were his parents, two sisters and two brothers. Survivors include his wife, Beverly Boorn of Grand Junction, IA; 4 daughters, Judy Bronner, Joan Marolf, and Connie Fitzer, all of Wilton, IA and Carol Lee Hall, Wapello, IA; 3 sons, Thomas Boorn, Moscow, IA; Dennis Boorn, Wilton, IA and Kenny Boorn, St. Joseph, MO; and one sister, Alice Pace, Muscatine, IA. Also surviving are 2 step-daughters, Kathy John, Boone, IA and Sharon Riley, Rippey, IA; 4 step-sons, Kenneth, Rick and Dan Madesen, all of Grand Junction, IA and David Madesen, Huron, South Dakota; 35 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. |
