Yolo-Los Angeles-Sacramento County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....BOLTON , Mary Elizabeth GEOGHEGAN  January 29 2004
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"The Davis Enterprise," Monday, February 9, 2004
Mary E.G. Bolton

Mary Elizabeth Geoghegan Bolton, born Oct. 25, 1926, passed away peacefully on
Jan. 29, 2004, at her home on her beloved Fair Oaks Bluffs. She was 77 years old.

She was born in Los Angeles and was raised in Glendale, where she graduated from
Glendale High School and from Glendale Community College as valedictorian of her
class. She attended UCLA where she joined the Alpha Phi sorority and received
bachelor's and master's degrees from Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. She
graduated summa cum laude in 1970, and moved to Fair Oaks.

Her first job on returning to California was at UC Davis, where she co-founded
the Learning Skills Center and counseled re-entry women at the Women' s Research
and Resource Center. She was remembered by many for starting the Mr. Women's
Center Contest and for her humorous emceeing of the event.

After working several years at UCD, she joined with Nina Krebs to form Bolton
and Krebs, a human resources consulting firm that specialized in management
development and communications with a number of small and large businesses, and
governmental and education agencies. Their particular focus was empowering women
in management and all walks of life.

A gifted athlete, she had a passion for tennis and won several tournaments. She
continued the sport well into her 70s. An ardent fan of the Sacramento Monarchs,
she managed to attend many games, even when ill.

She was an insatiable scholar and fine writer. The consummation of these talents
was the publication of her novel, "The Song of Madeleine." At the time of her
death, she was editing her second novel, "The Quotidian Deluge," in preparation
for publication. Her short stories and other writings won several prestigious
awards. She was also an accomplished public speaker and a true "character" who,
in the opinion of many who saw her in action, could have been a successful
standup comedian.

Her myriad activities as a social activist, environmentalist and feminist led to
a diverse group of loving friends. She was a role model for many because of her
fantastic wit, unique and fiery enthusiasm for life and learning, as well as her
abiding compassion and abundant integrity.

Preceded in death by her father and mother, John and Irene Geoghegan, she is
survived by her five children, Catherine Bolton, Bridget Craig, Donal Curtis
Bolton Jr., Mollie Lewis and her husband Gary, and Madalain Bolton; her younger
sister, Kathleen Gibbs and her husband John; and her younger brother, John
Geoghegan and his wife Faith.

She also leaves nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and 11 cousins,
nieces and nephews.

"She will be sorely missed by all those who had the good fortune to know her,"
her family says.

A gathering of her friends and relatives will be held Saturday, May 15, at 2
p.m. at the Fair Oaks Village Park in Fair Oaks. Any Davis friends who would
like to come together to remember her are invited to the home of Cynthia
Brantley and Nancy Peden, on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. Please bring drinks and
munchies to share. Either call 758-1693 or e-mail cynthiabrantley@sbcglobal.net
to RSVP and obtain directions.

Remembrances may be made to The Donal Curtis Bolton Jr. Trust at 3909 Central
Ave., Fair Oaks, CA 95628, or to the Citizens to Save the Bluffs at 8060
Capitola Ave., Fair Oaks, CA 95628.


Additional Comments:
Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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