Janice Boll

Janice Boll, age 83, formerly of Trail, MN, passed away on Saturday, November 1st, in Hampshire, IL. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 9th, at the Carlin Funeral Home in Fosston with Dawn Hanson officiating. Interment will be in Sand Valley Lutheran Cemetery, Trail. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service on Sunday at the funeral home. Arrangements are with Carlin Family Funeral Service of Fosston and messages of condolence may be shared at www.carlinfuneral.com.

Janice Alaine (Vanvleet) Boll, 83, was born June 4th, 1942, to Lloyd and Cleo (Allen) Vanvleet in Elgin, IL. The Family lived in plato center before moving to Hampshire.

In 1956, she met her best friend and soulmate Donald Edward Boll. They Married October 7th 1960. They lived in the Hampshire area for 12 years before moving to a farm north of Gully, Minnesota, in 1972. They had 3 daughters, Jodi, Tia, and Tracy (Murph). Jan enjoyed being a seamstress and creating her own designs. She made many bridal gowns and bridesmaids dresses as well as many 3 or 4 piece suits for Bev Anderson. Many (or most) years us girls received boxes of fabric and patterns for Christmas from “Santa” for mom to use. Jan spent hours later in life creating cross stitch pictures for all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren documenting their births. 

Jan Spent many years as a farm advocate for the state of Minnesota. She was very passionate about helping the farmers keep what they worked so hard for. Jan had a passion for helping people which has carried on through her 2 surviving daughters Tia and Murph. In 2004, Jan and Don purchased the Gully Cafe in Gully, MN. The Cafe was her pride and joy in serving the local communities in northern Minnesota. Her favorite time at the Cafe was always Deer hunting season in November. She enjoyed seeing all the hunters and feeding them. For several of the last years, Tia and Murph joined her to help and serve all the hunters. She retired from the Cafe at the age of 81 and sold the business in 2024. 

She leaves behind her daughters, Tia Sundquist and her husband Kevin of Marengo, IL, and Tracy “Murph” MacNab and her husband Roger of Lillian, AL. She also leaves behind her grandchildren that she adored. Scott Sundquist and wife Sarah, Dustin Sundquist and wife Melisa, all of Illinois. Shelby Ray and husband Daniel, Jake MacNab and wife Katie, all of Kentucky. Joshua Bartz and wife Margaret of Minnesota, and Bobbi Jo and partner Dawn Frye of Wisconsin.

Her great grandchildren, Elsie, Kloe, Celia, Olivia, Nolan, Addi Grace, Emma, Lyla, Dylan, Kyla, Aiden, Xander, and Onyx. Her surviving siblings are Judy (Hank) Gehringer, Richard (Vivian) Vanvleet, Kenny (Karen) Vanvleet, Kathy (Terry) Railing, and many Nieces, Nephews and Cousins. 

Janice is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Don; Daughter, Jodi Bartz; as well as her in-laws and brother in law. Her smile, love, humor, and cooking will be missed by all who loved her. We will all hold onto our many great memories of her and with her.