Mary Bolin

Mary Elizabeth Bolin, age 91, of Clovis, died on April 10, 2005 at Laurel Plains Healthcare in Clovis. She was born on July 12, 1913 in Portales, New Mexico to Charles Franklin and Minnie Belle Riley Stephenson.brbrMrs. Bolin was a retired housekeeper. She married Joseph Randolph Bolin on July 1929 in Portales, New Mexico, and loved quilting and sewing.brbrShe is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joseph Randolph Bolin in 1947; infant son, Ray Bolin; two brothers, Ed and Bud Stephenson; and one sister, Joyce Adams.brbrSurvivors include one son, Russell Bolin and his wife, Virginia, of Clovis; two daughters, JoAnna Fisher and her husband, 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, New Mexico, 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.brbrGraveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 14, 2005 at the Portales Cemetery with Sam Kelley officiating. Burial will follow at Portales Cemetery.brbrArrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home, 800 E. Manana, Clovis, New Mexico 88101.br