Friday, November 25, 2005

Dr. Dennis Boe

I don't know how many of my friends from ECU read this blog but I received a text on Wednesday with the horrible news that one of my professors from East Central had passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack on Tuesday. Dr. Boe was a great man. He was one of the first people I met at East Central and did many things with Dr. Boe throughout my career at East Central. Not only was he my private piano professor but also as director of the ECU Honors Program we worked together often. ECU and the Ada community has lost a great man! Please pray with me for his family as this unexpected loss happened during the beginning of the holiday season. His obituary from the Ada Evening News is below:

DENNIS L. BOE ADA — Services for Dr. Dennis L. Boe, 54, Ada, are 10 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, the Rev. Pat Kilby officiating. Boe died Nov. 22, 2005, at Bristow. He was born Dec. 31, 1950, at Albert Lea, Minn., to Leonard and Althea Ruble Boe. He came to this area in 1982 from Minneapolis, Minn. He received bachelor’s and masters degrees in piano from the University of Minnesota and a doctorate in piano performance from the University of North Texas. He was a piano instructor at West Bank School of Music, Minneapolis; director of Children of Hope performing choir in Minneapolis; professor of music at East Central University; honors director at ECU and coordinator of OSLEP at ECU.Boe was an active member of First Baptist Church, Ada, and was a member of First Baptist Church Winds of Praise orchestra. He was past president of Great Plains Honor Association; served as chairman of the Ada Library Board; served on the Board of Ada Arts and Heritage Center; was a Boy Scout leader and initiated the Ada Library Book Drive with the Boy Scouts and the ECU Honors Students. He married Monica Minar May 19, 1979, at Northfield, Minn.. Survivors include his wife, Monica Boe, of the home; son, Eric Boe; daughter, Meredith Boe; two sisters, Sandra Kelley, Lake Mills, Iowa, and Pat Shideler, Albert Lea, Minn.; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Bearers are Art Sorenson, John Kerr, Ron McDonald, Dominic Digiulio, Paul Rowe, Mark Hollingsworth, Steve Walker and Brian Brown. Honorary bearers are Mike Lindblom, Jim Minar, Mike Paul, Harold Ware, Joe Pryor, Tim Bray and Mel Haworth. The family says those who wish may make donations for a piano scholarship being established at ECU in his memory. Criswell Funeral Home

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