*Robert H. Boen, age 94, of Minneapolis, passed away peacefully on Nov. 24, 2014 in the presence of his family.

Bob was born in Fergus Falls, Minn. on Oct. 30, 1920. He was a 1942 graduate of St. Olaf College and served as the XO aboard the USS Cole in North Africa during WWII. Marrying Joyce Gustafson Boen ’42 in 1943, they raised five children. Following the death of his first wife, Bob married Dorothy Delight Hanson Bloyer in 1982. Bob spent his career in the hardware business and operated the Hardware Hank Store in Bloomington, Minn. until his retirement in 1983. Bob was an avid golfer and horse racing fan. Life-long residents of the Tangletown neighborhood in Minneapolis, Bob resided at Cornerstone Assisted Living of Plymouth, Minn. at the time of his passing. Preceded in death by his parents, Rudolph and Luella Boen, first wife, Joyce, and stepson, James Bloyer, Bob is survived by his wife Dorothy; his five children, Robert Jr. and wife Diane, G. Michael and wife Patricia, Sandra Johnson and husband Robert, Susan and wife Cathy Perkins, and Bradley and wife Kathryn Franzen; stepdaughter-in-law, Susan Bloyer; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and many friends. Memorials preferred to Cornerstone Assisted Living of Plymouth.