Oliver J. Boles

1955 - 2022

Oliver J. Boles

Strafford, VT — Oliver John Boles, born in Barre City, VT on September 24, 1955 to Leslie and Nina (Wood) Boles passed away on Friday, September 30, 2022 at the age of 67. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and respected friend of many.

Oliver graduated from South Royalton High School in 1973. He married the love of his life, Carol Manning in 1977. They lived in Strafford where they raised their three children, Melissa, Sarah and Mark. In 1984 he, along with his brother in law Vernon Flint, and best friend Roger Blake started the roofing business, Flint, Blake and Boles Roofing, which he continued to work in and manage for the past 38 years.

Oliver was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. He loved spending time with Carol and other friends and family every summer in Lake George, NY and at the horse races in Saratoga, NY. He enjoyed taking walks with Carol as well as hunting with family and friends, and working on any manner of project he had going on at any given time. He enjoyed making maple syrup every spring in his sugarhouse. He was always there for anyone and everyone who called on him for help. He had a joke or saying for pretty much any situation, and his laugh will be remembered by many. He loved his family with everything he had, and especially loved his time with his grandchildren, cheering them on at their games, teaching them about the great outdoors and hunting, tending his chickens, and so much else.

He was predeceased by his mother, Nina Boles and his father, Leslie Boles. He is survived by his wife, Carol Boles, his daughters Melissa Boles of Somerville, MA, Sarah Mather and her husband Josh of Strafford, VT and his son Mark Boles and his wife Asheley Romeo-Boles of Sonora, CA, his grandchildren Holden and Rowan Larmie and Evelyn Mather; his sister Marie (Boles) Amell and her husband, Len Amell SR, his nieces Shelley (Amell) Shores and her husband Jeff, Tracy Amell, and his nephew Len Amell II, all of South Royalton.

A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, October 9th from 1-3pm at the Tunbridge Fairgrounds. For anyone who would like to share a special memory of Oliver with the family, please bring it in written form (letter, note, or card) to give to the family to create a memory book. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the American Heart Association.

A private message of sympathy for the family can be shared at www.boardwayandcilley.com. The Boardway and Cilley Funeral Home, Chelsea, VT is in charge of arrangements.