Clyde Bolster's obituary, Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan

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Dundee Father Is Killed - A Dundee man was killed about 5 
A.M. Sunday when the car he was driving ran into the rear 
of a bus carrying a country music band on I-275 a half-mile 
north of Will-Carleton RD. in Wayne County. 
 
The Dead man was identified as Clyde *D. Bolster Sr., 32, 
of 14625 Radka Rd., Dundee. He was pronounced dead on 
arrival at Seaway Hospital, Trenton. Huron Township Police 
Chief Joseph Carey reported the Bolster car was headed 
South on I-275 when it ran into the rear of a large bus 
which was slowing to pull off the road. 
 
Chief Carney said that the bus was carrying persons who 
travel with the country music show of Stella Parton, sister 
of well-known Dolly Parton.Riding on the bus at the time of 
the crash were the driver, Tony Atkins, and passengers, 
Billy Smith, Terry Southern, Walter and Lionel Reeves and  
Kelly McHone, all of North Carolina. None were hurt. 
 
The fuel tank of the bus was broken in the collision, 
police said, and volunteer fireman from Huron Township 
hosed down the road. State Police of the Flat Rock assisted 
in the traffic investigation. 
 
Friends may call after 7 P.M. Tuesday in the Buhl Funeral 
Home, Dundee, where a funeral service will be conducted at 
11 A.M. Thursday by Rev. Gary Imms of the Commerce United 
Methodist Church, Commerce. 
 
Mr. Bolster was born in Monroe Jan 22. 1945, to Clyde R. 
and Nadine ( Frost ) Bolster. He married Judy Mayes Dec. 1, 
1961 in St. Paul's United Methodist Church. A lifelong 
county resident, Mr. Bolster attended Monroe High School 
and served in the Army from 1961-1965, including two years 
in Germany, with the 509th Paratroopers. He was employed 
for 10 years by Ladapa Die and Tool, Inc., Dundee. Later he 
was employed as a tool and die maker for the Chrysler Corp. 
plant in Trenton. He was a little league baseball team 
manager in Dundee for a year. 
 
Surviving are his wife, Judy; his mother and step-father, 
Mr. and Mrs. Delton Dennis of Monroe; two sons, Mark Daniel 
and Clyde Daniel II, both at home, Deanna Joan; a sister, 
Mrs. Julius ( Joan ) Fisher of Monroe; three half-brothers, 
James and Larry Dennis of Monroe and Lester Bolster of  
Yakima, Wash, and a half-sister Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips of 
Yakima. 
 
He was preceded in death by his father, who died in 1959. 
 
 
Notes from contributer. 
 
My name is Bryan Guy Taylor I am the son of Harry Vernon 
Taylor, SR. S/O Lloyd Taylor & Helen Rose Norris & Sharon 
Kay Spaulding . My mother Sharon Kay (Spaulding) Kinney. is 
the daughter of Carl Frederick Spaulding & Mildred Irene 
Bolster. Clyde Daniel Bolster is the son of my Grandma  
Mildred Irene (Bolster) Spaulding's brother Cyde Raymond 
Bolster b. 5 Aug. 1919 Petersburg, Monroe Co., Michigan d.8 
April 1959 Ontario, Malheur Co., Oregon. Clyde Daniel is 
buried in London Cemetery on Plamk Rd. in London Township, 
Monroe Co., Michigan. I have personally put flowers on his 
grave.

*Daniel