Obit., mid-Missouri newspaper - 1927: "Mrs. Joseph Boes died at the home of her son, George Boes, who resides at Loose Creek, Thursday (March 1927). She was 69 years, 8 months and 12 days of age. She is survived by two sons, Mike and George Boes and two daughters, Mrs. Wm. Voss and Mrs. George Voss, both of Mt. Ariel vicinity; one brother, Frank Rudroff of Richfountain and one sister, Maggie "Rudroff."