| Summary: | decided to try a merchandising venture, along with the farming. A partnership was formed consisting of Gotfried Bieto, Otto Dersh and himself and was incorporated as Bomberg and Co., at Griswold. The year 1900 saw a branch line of the Northern Pacific railroad being built west from Fargo, so it was decided to move the business closer to a railroad and the store became a part of the beginning of Marion. The family still remained on the farm until quarters were built a year or two later. In 1901 began the dissolution of the partnership, Mr. Dersh later going to Canada. The business however continued but only as Bomberg's Store. In 1918 Mr. Bomberg's health began to fail, although he was still active. On July 20, 1920 he passed away. Mrs. Bomberg kept the store and carried on with Cora and Dewey Baertsch until 1945 when she passed away. BOOM, AARON AND MARIE Aaron,son of J. H. and Johanna Boom, and Marie, daughter of Ernest and Allie Miedema, were married June 4, 1930. They moved to Marion in 1931 where Aaron was engaged in the trucking business. They moved to Valley City, N.D. in 1950, then to St. Paul, Minn., in 1964. They have one son, Dennis, born in 1940, who is married and has a daughter, Elizabeth Ann. He is a Mortician in St. Paul. While in Marion, Aaron served on the school board. BOOM, ANTHONY A. AND ESTHER Anthony Boom, son of J. H. Boom, was born in Waupan, Wisconsin and came to Marion with his parents in 1902. He attended school in Greenland and lived on a farm north of Marion. He married Esther Duven, daughter of Bernard Duven in 1920. Esther attended school in Greenland. They were parents of four daughters and one son. Ethel married John D. Roorda. They farm north of Marion; Lucille, Mrs. Myles Trapp, Valley City, N.D.; Mildred, Mrs. Milton Dunwell, Farmington, Minn.; Ramona, Mrs. Richard Waldie, Marion; and Robert (deceased), whose wife, Shirley, resides in Marion. Tony farmed north of Marion and then in 1930 began operating a service station and bulk delivery plant in Marion which he sold to his son upon retirement in 1968. Tony passed away in October 1972. Esther married Fred Wegenast of Edgeley in 1974. Esther has 18 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. BOOM, CLARENCE AND JANET Clarence was born in Wis. and moved here in 1906 with his parents, the J. H. Booms. Janet was born in Iowa and moved here in 1904 with her parents, the Anthony Jongewards. They were married Nov. 8, 1922 and farmed near Marion, until they retired in 1949 and moved into Marion where they still reside. They have 5 children, 20 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Evelyn married Bernard Kluvers and lives on a farm near Litchville. Their children are: Rodney, Carol, and Charlene. Gene married Violet Bickett and is farming north of Marion. Their children are: Shirley, Julie, Debbie, Joel, and Nancy. Avis married Bernard Lenssen, lives near Litchville, and works in the Litchville Bank. They have 4 children: Sandy, Paul, Barbara, and Vickie. Colleen married Conrad Rienstra and lives north of Litchville on a farm. They have 4 children: Dale, Jeff, Elaine, and Terry. Loren married Lorraine Else and is the Standard Gas Man in Marion, lives south of town. They have 4 children: Sherry, Diane, Randy, and Amber. BOOM, DONALD AND DOROTHY Donald Boom, son of Harold and Gertrude Boom, and family, farm seven miles north of Marion. They are the third generation of Boom's residing on this farm. In 1953 Donald married Dorothy Van Dyke from Colton, S.D. They have four children: Dwight, presently farming with his father; Darla will graduate from Marion High School in May of 1975; Diane, a freshman and Duane, an 8th grader. BOOM, EUGENE AND VIOLET Eugene Boom, son of Clarence and Janet Boom, was born in Marion. He married Violet Bickett of Melville, N. Dak., October 16, 1949. They own and operate the home farm just north of the village of Marion. They have five children: Shirley, Mrs. Dwight Cook of West Fargo; Julie, Mrs. Jeffrey Coombs of Denhoff, N.D.; Deborah of Jamestown, N.D.; and Joel and Nancy at home; one granddaughter, Bobbie Jo Cook. BOOM, GEORGE AND JESSIE George, son of J. H. Booms, was born June 26, 1908 at the farm home north of Marion. Jessie DeVries, daughter of J. S. DeVries, was born May 11, 1914 at the farm home of her parents, also north of Marion. They were married Sept. 27, 1934 at the bride's home. They bought a home in Marion and have lived there forty years. George worked for the Boom Oil Company for thirty-seven years. He was town marshall for ten years and town Fire Chief for fifteen years. He has been in the sewer pumping business for twenty-two years and is presently helping with the Marion Water System. He is involved in many town projects. They have two children: Rena, born July 24, 1938. She took her college and nurses training at Bismarck, N. Dak., and became a registered nurse. She married Don Huber of Linton, North Dakota. Don is manager of Shell Oil Company at Wilmette, III. They have three children: Jerilyn, born Nov. 1, 1960; Kristen.born August 25,1962; and Paul, born Jan. 3, 1969. Edwin, born July 27, 1946, served in the U.S. Navy as a Radar Man on the Destroyer Edson. He had two tours of duty to Viet Nam and returned home safely in 1967. He then went to college at the University of Grand Forks and graduated in 1970. Hehas his Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering. He now works for General Electric, two years in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the past two years in Schenectady, New York. He is married to Pat Altieri. They were married on September 8, 1973 at Schenectady, New York, where they make their home. They have no children. BOOM, HAROLD AND GERTRUDE Harold was born in Wisconsin and came to the Marion community when he was 3 years old with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Boom, who settled on a farm seven miles north of Marion. On October 8, 1929 Harold married Gertrude VanBruggen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit VanBruggen of Montpelier, N.D., and they settled on the J. H. Boom farm. They lived there until 1958, when they built a new home and moved into Marion. Donald, Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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