Albert Melvin "Ab" Bolter Jr.

1942 - 2020

Albert Melvin "Ab" Bolter Jr. obituary, 1942-2020, Sonora, CA

Albert Melvin "Ab" Bolter Jr.

1942 - 2020

BORN

1942

DIED

2020

Albert Bolter Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Jul. 8 to Jul. 9, 2020.
Albert "Ab" Melvin Bolter Jr., age 77 years, passed away from complications of Parkinson's on June 24, 2020. Ab was born and raised in Soulsbyville. He attended Soulsbyville Elementary (valedictorian), Sonora High, Modesto Junior College and Humboldt State before settling as a lifelong Tuolumne County resident. While at Sonora High, Ab acted in plays and was voted Most Valuable Choir Student. He was most at home in nature, and enjoyed fishing, hiking, camping, and tending the Bolter Ranch property on Rawhide Road with its menagerie of animals - cows, sheep, chickens, pigeons, pigs, ducks, rabbits, goats, dogs, cats and even a pony for the kids. He was an avid bottle collector. As a 5th generation resident of Tuolumne County area, he took pleasure in historical and genealogical research of the county and surrounding regions. Ab had a terrific sense of humor, and was a devoted family man with nine children, including two sets of twins! Thanksgivings often numbered over 35 family members - and it was those family gatherings that Ab most treasured. He was surrounded by these loved ones in his final hospice days at home.
His work spanned from a foreman for PG&E, to the county road department, finally retiring from TUD as a water tender.
He is survived by his wife of 39 years Jeannine (Pereira) Bolter, sister Elizabeth "Betsy" Eisenhauer of Sonora, along with children: Kristine Anderson and son-in-law Eric of Garden Valley, Debra Bolter of Sonora, Kevin Bolter and daughter-in-law Heather of Sonora, Kathryn Wood and son-in-law Jeff of Auburn, Scott Bolter and daughter-in-law Nichole of Fresno, Sarah Aoudia and son-in-law Brahim of Benicia, son Butch Berry of San Francisco, daughter Amy Raupach and son-in-law Paul of Vallejo, and son Stephen Berry and daughter-in-law Katherine Perry of Vallejo.
His grandchildren include EJ Anderson and wife Amanda, Ben Anderson and wife Sara, Hannah Anderson, Abigail and Albert "Bert" Bolter, Emma and Owen Bolter, Maryellen and Madilyn Wood, Lily Bolter, Mia and Zoe Raupach and Natasha Berry. He has 6 great-grandchildren: Kaliana, Izzy, Ian, Edith, Elliot and Henry Anderson.
Ab is survived by niece Tammy Eisenhauer and extended family in Northern California, Nevada and Oregon.
Ab was preceded in death by father Albert Melvin Bolter Sr., mother Louise Elizabeth (Honey) Bolter, and brother Rodney Allen Bolter.
Future memorial service to be announced in Democrat.

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October 26, 2020

I miss you Dad

♥ Sarah

Judy

September 9, 2020

RIP prayers foe the family. Judy Selby

Kyle Atkins

July 9, 2020

Kyle Atkins

July 9, 2020

He was Abby in 1962. His humor was just part of what made a him fine companion on an epic ten-day cross-country backpack traverse of the Sierra from Crabtree trailhead to Green Lakes at Hwy 395.
I had my head down just going. I thought you guys knew what you were doing. Good Lord, Abby goes on, first you drop us 1,600 feet off the edge of a map, now youve got us lost in the crack between two maps. You didnt see a trail fork on our left? I ask. No, says Abby. Then he mumbles, I ought to listen to my mother more.
Our last night was below a snowdrift on an 11,600 ridge. I rolled a large rock out of the muck immediately above our sleeping bags and water seeps began filling the hole. Oh! Found the bed-springs said Albert. The snowdrift froze and our water-source was dry next morning whereupon Albert allowed that The loss of our bed-springs explains a lot about the uncomfortable night.

Jack Lanning

July 8, 2020

Albert was a great kid to know in High School. What a life after Sonora High he had. My widowed grandmother married a relative of Albert's family, Walter Savage. His cousin was Fred Bolter down in Keystone.
My condolences to his family.
Jack Lanning

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