Arthur (Art) Bolen, a retired welder and farmer and a Webb, Idaho, resident, died Friday at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center at Lewiston of complications of surgery for an aneurysm. He was 82.
He was born Sept. 20, 1912, at Spalding, Idaho, to Louie and Maude Neal Bolen. He began grade school at Spalding and then went to live with his aunt and uncle at Peck, Idaho, where he finished grade school and attended high school.
He married Dorothy Jenkins July 18, 1938, at Clarkston.
In about 1943, he moved to Van Port, Ore., near Portland, and worked as a welder in the Oregon Ship Yard at Portland until the end of World War II. After the war he moved to Sweetwater, Idaho. He worked as a welder for several area businesses and for Potlatch for 14 years.
He farmed in the Lapwai area from 1959 until 1964, when he moved to Everett, Wash., to work for Western Gear Corp. as a welder.
He helped build two of the largest telescopes in the world, made pipe tensioners for the Alaska Pipeline and worked on many projects for Howard Hughes, including the ship that raised the Russian submarine.
In January 1978 he retired and moved to Webb.
He was a member of the Machinist and Boilermakers Union at Portland.
Survivors include his wife of Webb; two sons, Eldon Bolen of Clarkston and Warren Bolen of Lewiston; three sisters, Florence Goucher and Katherine Gamet, both of Clarkston, and Betty Jean Wood of Lewiston; three grandchildren and two great-grandsons.
Published in the Lewiston Morning Tribune
Arthur (Art) Bolen, a retired welder and farmer and a Webb, Idaho, resident, died Friday at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center at Lewiston of complications of surgery for an aneurysm. He was 82.
He was born Sept. 20, 1912, at Spalding, Idaho, to Louie and Maude Neal Bolen. He began grade school at Spalding and then went to live with his aunt and uncle at Peck, Idaho, where he finished grade school and attended high school.
He married Dorothy Jenkins July 18, 1938, at Clarkston.
In about 1943, he moved to Van Port, Ore., near Portland, and worked as a welder in the Oregon Ship Yard at Portland until the end of World War II. After the war he moved to Sweetwater, Idaho. He worked as a welder for several area businesses and for Potlatch for 14 years.
He farmed in the Lapwai area from 1959 until 1964, when he moved to Everett, Wash., to work for Western Gear Corp. as a welder.
He helped build two of the largest telescopes in the world, made pipe tensioners for the Alaska Pipeline and worked on many projects for Howard Hughes, including the ship that raised the Russian submarine.
In January 1978 he retired and moved to Webb.
He was a member of the Machinist and Boilermakers Union at Portland.
Survivors include his wife of Webb; two sons, Eldon Bolen of Clarkston and Warren Bolen of Lewiston; three sisters, Florence Goucher and Katherine Gamet, both of Clarkston, and Betty Jean Wood of Lewiston; three grandchildren and two great-grandsons.
Published in the Lewiston Morning Tribune
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Florence Beatrice Bolen Goucher
1908–2001
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Chester Bolen
1910–1984
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Juanita Thelm "Nita" Bolen Gamet
1914–1992
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Katherine V "Kitty" Bolen Gamet
1916–2016
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Ralph Bolen
1918–1918
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Clarence Oliver "Rick" Bolen
1919–1992
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Ada Marie Bolen Peterson
1924–1982
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Infant Son Bolen
1926–1926
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Gale Edward Bolen
1932–1993
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