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Bolin, Mary Elizabeth

Mary Elizabeth Bolin

Services: Have been held.

Mary Elizabeth Bolin, 91, of Clovis, died April 10, 2005, at Laurel Plains Healthcare in Clovis.

She was born July 12, 1913, in Portales, to Charles Franklin and Minnie Belle Riley Stephenson. She married Joseph Randolph Bolin on July 1, 1929 in Portales.

She was a retired housekeeper. Family members said she loved to quilt and sew.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; an infant son, Ray Bolin; two brothers, Ed and Bud Stephenson; and a sister, Joyce Adams.

Survivors include a son, Russel Bolin (and wife, Virginia) of Clovis; two daughters, JoAnna Fisher (Ray) of Arkansas and Mary Lynn Roux of Michigan; two brothers, Kenneth Stephenson of California and Cliff Stephenson of Portales; six sisters, Juanita Mitchell of Tularosa, Ollie Schweiger and Dorthea Meyer of California, Ruby Williams, Dempsey Malo and Annie Ruth Rials, all of Arizona; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Sam Kelley will officiate the services.

Burial will be at Portales Cemetery in Portales.

Arrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home, Clovis.