Renee Crystal Boyum

Funeral services for Renee Boyum will be held Thursday June 5th at 2:00 PM at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island. The Reverend Kip Groettum will officiate. Burial will follow at Pine Island Cemetery. Ms. Boyum, 54, of Byron, died Sunday June 1, 2014 at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rochester while surrounded by her family. She had courageously battled multiple myeloma for the past eight years.
Renee Crystal Boyum was born September 25, 1959 in Zumbrota, the daughter of Walter and Ruby Boyum. Raised on a farm near Pine Island, she was baptized and later confirmed at Saint Paul's Lutheran Church. A graduate of Pine Island High School with the Class of 1977, she then attended Rochester Community Technical College. She worked more than 25 years for Mayo Clinic. She enjoyed reading, shopping, spoiling her grandkids, and spending time on the family farm.
She is survived by her son, Joshua (Abby) Boyum of Marietta, Georgia; daughter, Jennifer Boyum of Byron; grandchildren, Kobe, Brayden, Jayden, Kylie, Kaeden, and Karina; sisters, Connie (David) Klann of Douglas, Lola (Larry) Erdman of Mantorville, Patricia (Craig) Hanson of Rochester, and Susan (Wally) Klopp of Pine Island. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Ruby Boyum; a brother, James Boyum; and a sister, Rachel Diercks.
Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Mahler Chapel, in Pine Island. The visitation will continue 1 hour prior to the service Thursday at the church.
Online tributes are being welcomed and may be created at this website.

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Visitation

JUN 4. 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM (CDT)

Mahn Family Funeral Home, Mahler Chapel
209 NW 1st Ave. P.O. Box 117
Pine Island, MN 55963

Service

JUN 5. 2:00 PM (CDT)

Saint Paul Lutheran Church
Pine Island, MN