AliceAnne Bolton 1862-1934

BOLTON, COSTIN, DOWLING

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 10/25/2013 at 20:57:26

Sept 5, 1934—Creston News advertiser
Long Illness is Fatal to Well Known Nurse.
Alice Bolton, well known nurse here, died at 12:15 this morning at her home, 906 West Mills, Street, after an illness of five months. She was born March 8, 1882 in Lincoln Township to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bolton. She had made her home in Creston since 1919.
She enlisted into service as a nurse at Camp Grant at Rockford Ill., during the World War and served for 18 months. She served overseas most of that time. She was a member of the Methodist church.
She was preceded in death by her father, who died in April 1926 and one brother, James J. who was killed in Sept. 1926.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Nancy Bolton of Creston and six brothers, Charles W. of Belle Fourche, N.D.; Fred S. of Richland, WA, Walter R of McGee, SASK, and Sidney W, Perry R and Hugh D., all of Creston and one half-sister, Mrs. Oliver Dowling of Hillside, N.J.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon at Jerusalem Church with Rev. Guy J Fancher officiating. Interment will be in Jerusalem cemetery. The family requests no flowers.

Obituary:
Alice Anne Bolton, daughter of Perry W. and Nancy Bolton was born on March 8, 1862 in Union County. She attended the rural school Lincoln Nov 2, Afton high school and Simpson College at Indianola, Iowa.
She taught several terms of school in Union County and in 1902 went with her three older brothers to Parker, N.D. there she kept house for her brothers and taught in a nearby school.
After her return to Creston, she went to Boulder, Colorado and entered nurses training there. After finishing the course, she went to Laramie, Wyoming, the girlhood home of her aunt, Mrs. Sue Costin. She spent several years nursing and later returned to Creston. For a time she nursed in Creston and in 1914 went to New York City taking a post graduate course in nursing. She returned home and continued her work in Creston.
In 1918 she united with the Methodist church in Creston.
She enlisted as a Red Cross nurse during the World War. In Oct. 1917 she went to Camp grant at Rockford, IL, where she served until she was ordered to New York City, and from there sailed in June 1918 to Bordeaux, France. She served there for nearly a year and then was given a leave of absence for a sight-seeing trip in Europe. She visited Switzerland and the battlefields of Germany. She sailed from Brent, France to New York City where she was honorably discharged in July 1919.
For a time she did Social Service work in Sioux City. Later she came to Creston and took up her duties as a nurse and continued in the work until the middle of March 1934.
On April 5, she underwent an operation hoping that in a short time she could go on with the work she loved; but much to the great sorrow of her family and friends. It was learned that she could not be with them for long.
When she was informed of her condition she as bravely made her plans for death as she had always made them for life.
Death came to her on Sept. 5 at her home at 906 West Mills street in Creston. She leaves to mourn her passing her mother, Mrs. Nancy Bolton and six brothers; Charles W. of Bell Fourche, S.D.; Fred S. of Richland, WA; Walter R. of McGee, SASK; Perry E. of Creston and Sidney W. and Hugh D. on farms northeast of Creston; one half-sister, Mrs. Olive Dowling of Hillside, N.J. and 15 nieces and 12 nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father Perry W. in 1926 and one brother James, who was killed in Sept. 1926.
Funeral services were conducted according to her request at Jerusalem Church with Rev. Guy J. Fansher, the minister of the Methodist church officiating. Two songs, “Lead Kindly Light” and “Crossing the Bar” were sung by Mr. and Mrs. Willis Royce. The American Legion was in Charge and burial was made in Jerusalem cemetery.
Paul bearers were old neighbors and school mates; Artie and Edd Huffman, Dave Thompson, Archie Hazen, Elmo Harkness and Art Herbel.

(also known as Evergreen Cemetery)

Alice A Bolton
 

Union Obituaries maintained by Kathy Parmenter.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen