Joseph A. Bolster

Joseph A Bolster Easton â€" Joseph A. Bolster, of Easton, a retired machinist and U.S. Army veteran, died on Monday, Oct. 1, 2007, at the Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton. He was 85. Joe was born and raised in Brockton. He was a graduate of Brockton High School. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. It was during this time that he met, and later married, his late wife Audrey Jean (Mangrum) Bolster, a native of Tennessee. After the war, they returned to Joe's home in Brockton before building a home in Easton, where they lived for more than 50 years. Joe worked as a machinist for many years. He retired from Texas Instruments in Attleboro after 28 years of service. Joe and Audrey were founding members of the Easton Church of Christ. They remained active in the church, even after it moved to Mansfield as the Edgewood Church of Christ. He is survived by his two sons, Robert David Bolster of Elkton, Ky., and Norman Joseph Bolster of Middlefield, Conn.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be held in Melrose Cemetery, 88 North Pearl St., Brockton, on Friday at 1 p.m. Arrangements by the Copeland-MacKinnon Funeral Home, 38 Center St., Easton. To send an online condolence, please visit www.copelandmackinnon.com.