CHENOA, IL - Carole Anne Boehle, 81, of Burt Court, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017 in Chenoa, IL.
Carole was born on December 20, 1936 in Detroit, MI, the daughter of the late Bernard and Mary Catherine (Clarke) Brisse. The Brisses moved to Lakeport, NH in 1942. After graduating from Laconia High School in 1953 at the age of 16, St. Raphael’s Nursing School in New Haven Connecticut in 1956, she earned her BSN RN from Saint Anselm College in 1958. Carole practiced and taught Nursing at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester NH from 1958-1960.
Carole answered a call to serve in the Papal Missions in Latin America, serving in Columbia and Guatemala until 1967. While serving, Carole met fellow missionary Jim Boehle in 1964 and were wed in 1965. Returning to NH, Carole served as Director of Nursing at Lakes Region General Hospital for twenty years and then Director of Social Services at the Belknap County Nursing Home for seventeen years.
In 1974, she received a Meritorious Service Award from her beloved Alma Mater, St. Anselm College, for her many years of service in the Papal Missions serving in Latin America as a nurse. Carole is a past president St. Anselm College Alumni Association and former vice president St. Joseph’s Church parish council.
Carole is survived by her husband of 52 years, James Boehle of Chenoa, IL., three children; Peter (Kathy) Boehle of Lexington, IL, Katherine (Paul) Bihn of Normal, IL and Karl (Amy) Boehle of Parker, CO; one sister, Mary Lou Jacques of Laconia, NH, and six grandchildren: John Boehle, Jacob Boehle, Ethan Boehle, Mallory Boehle, Makayla Bihn and Teresa Bihn. Carole was preceded in death by her sister Katherine Blanche Brisse.
Calling hours will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, using the Carriage House entrance.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at St. Andre Bessette - St. Joseph’s Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia. NH.
Burial will be held in the spring in the family lot at St. Lambert Cemetery in Laconia, NH.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements.