BOMBER MEMORIAL

ROGER QUINN BOLTON ~ Class of 1966
June 2, 1948 - December 25, 2000



Roger Quinn Bolton was born June 2, 1948 in Richland to Otto and Runette Bolton. He died December 25, 2000 in Port Orchard, WA from a heart attack.

He attended Lewis and Clark Elementary School, Carmichael Junior High School and graduated with the Class of 1966 from Richland's Columbia High School. Roger received a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and a Master's Degree in Sociology from Washington State University. It was in graduate school at WSU that he met Sandra Carter and after many years together, they married and lived in Ollala, WA until they separated.

Roger was predeceased by his brother, Gaylor ('63), who passed away June 9, 1998.

He is survived by his estranged wife, Sandra, and her adopted daughter; his parents, Otto and Runette; his sister, Susan ('69), her husband, Dave, and sons: Kevin, Brian and Evan; and his brother's sons; Scott, Shawn, Mike and Tim.

Roger, along with Sandy, became quite a gardener while living in Ollala, with a pond, some sheep, a cow and his dogs. He had been working as a drug/alcohol abuse counselor for a local city/county agency. His health deteriorated from peripheral artery disease to the point that he could no longer work or live in his home. He eventually moved temporarily to Port Orchard, WA where he passed away unexpectedly just before Christmas from a heart attack.

He was buried in a cemetery overlooking the Washington State University campus in Pullman. Roger's happiest days, according to Sandy, were during his time going to school at WSU. That was where he had always said he wanted to return.




NOTE: Roger's mother passed away in 2004, and his father died in 2005.

Bomber Memorial put together by Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66).