Bolze services

Mrs. Bolze died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003, at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.

She was born June 1, 1905, in LaHarpe, the daughter of Fielding Peter and Beatrice Lee (Thomas) Stapleton. She received an undergraduate degree in 1925 and a master of arts in Spanish in 1927, both from Kansas University.

Mrs. Bolze taught in Corona, N.M., Palmer College in Albany, Mo., and to TWA airline employees in Kansas City, Kan. She was also head of the Spanish department at Hardin College in Mexico, Mo., and Yates Center High School. She began teaching at Wyandotte High School in 1935 and remained there until she retired in 1967. She spent summers studying abroad and had studied at the University of Santandar in Madrid, Spain, and the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru. She represented the United States as one of 12 teachers to study in Cuba in 1951. She was also president of the Kansas Chapter of American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese and active in her church, PEO, Presbyterian Manor, Delta Kappa Gamma, Soroptimist Club and American Association of University Women.

She married Clarence Bolze on June 7, 1964. He died in 1969.

Survivors include a stepdaughter, Martha Pollock, Glendale, Calif.; a sister, Elizabeth Marteney, Denver; and a brother, Jack Stapleton, Fort Scott.

The family suggests memorials to First Baptist Building Fund, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.