Carol Ann Kurtz

Carol Ann Kurtz (Boylan) ObituaryCarol Ann Kurtz, 82, of Crystal Falls, passed away on October 15, 2025, at Aspirus Hospital in Iron River, MI.
She was born on November 23, 1942, in Shenandoah, Iowa, to the late Walter Glen Boylan and Mary Elizabeth Baggs Boylan. She married James Royal Kurtz on November 24, 1962, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Growing up on a farm in rural Southwest Iowa, Carol spent her younger years helping on the family farm, riding horses, playing clarinet and piano, and performing in many dances, concerts, and baton twirling exhibitions.
She graduated from South Page High School in 1961 and later from the Northwestern Institute of Medical Technology with the class of 1962.
Carol was baptized in 1963 at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, International Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses and spent the rest of her life as an active member of the organization. She attended the Iron River, Michigan, congregation, where she left countless close friends.
Carol began her career in the medical field, but upon moving to the Upper Peninsula, she had a variety of jobs, including raising her family and working on the family farm, working at Ski Brule, the Golden Bow, and lastly as the Administrator of the Dickinson Conservation District, where she ran their annual tree sale for many years.
Carol spent the free time she had riding horses, playing pinochle and cribbage, knitting, spending time with family on the farm, watching the birds, and enjoying her flowers and apple orchard, as well as participating in the door-to-door ministry.
Carol was predeceased by: her parents, Glen and Mary Boylan; her brother, Jerry Boylan; her in-laws, Louis and Gertrude Kurtz; her sisters-in-law, Janette Kurtz and Carol Dombrowski; her brother-in-law, Donald Kurtz Sr.; and her Beloved Husband, James Royal Kurtz.
Carol is survived by a sister, Sara Annan and brother-in-law Bill; her son David Kurtz and daughter-in-law Theresa, and her daughter Elisa Beth Servais and son-in-law Troy; grandchildren, Maria Beekman and her husband Jayson; Ethan Kurtz and his wife, Elizabeth; Airon Servais and wife Alyssa; her three beautiful great-grand-daughters, Rachel, Rebecca and RaeLynn Kurtz; as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and long-time good friend, Donna Barthelt.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, November 2, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 175 Bates-Amasa Road, Iron River, Michigan 49935. The service will follow at 2:00 p.m.
Friends may leave condolences and tributes to Carol's family online at www.jacobsfuneralhomes.com
The family has chosen the Jacobs-Plowe Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Crystal Falls, Mich., to honor Carol's legacy of life.
Carol Ann Kurtz, 82, of Crystal Falls, passed away on October 15, 2025, at Aspirus Hospital in Iron River, MI.
She was born on November 23, 1942, in Shenandoah, Iowa, to the late Walter Glen Boylan and Mary Elizabeth Baggs Boylan. She married James Royal Kurtz on November 24, 1962, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
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