William E. Bolton Sr.

Rudecinda “Cindy” LoBuglio

William E. Bolton Sr.
Bill Bolton was born Dec. 4, 1929 in Archer City, Texas and died July 28, 2011 in Payette, Idaho. Bill’s mother was Elvia Kincaid Bolton and his father was John Bolton.

Bill’s family moved to Susanville, Calif. in 1941 to be near his mother’s sister, Halebelle Edwards. Mr. Edwards owned his general contracting business. Bill attended 7th-grade through high school in Susanville, and during his high school years, he worked after school and weekends with his uncle in the general contracting business. Bill also worked part-time at the Honey Lake Market for several years, learning the retail trade.

Bill participated in track events at Lassen High School and enjoyed taking many photographs of students and activities. Some of his photographs were put into the annuals. He also enjoyed participating in the boxing program.

Following his graduation from Lassen High School in 1948, he was employed at Fruit Growers Supply Company, and then at the U.S. Post Office.

In 1950 Bill enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, and following basic training at Camp Pendleton, Calif., he was deployed to Korea, where he was assigned to the post office as U.S. Navy Mail Clerk. He also served in RECON Company, HQ BN. He was again reassigned to the post office as U.S. Navy Mail Clerk 0161. Bill attained rank of Sgt. and in 1953 he was honorably discharged at MCRD in San Diego and he returned home to Susanville.

Bill was introduced to Mary Harris in 1956 and after a brief courtship they were married. Two sons blessed Bill and Mary, William Jr. in 1958 and Bruce in 1959,

Bill joined the 20-30 Club as a young man, and became a member of Lassen Lodge No. 149 F&AM in 1961. He served as Master of the lodge in 1967. He joined Hesperian Chapter 112, Order of the Eastern Star and served as Worthy Patron several times. He was a past DeMolay and worked with the DeMolay Chapter and Job’s Daughters. Bill was member of the First Baptist Church in Susanville for many years and enjoyed singing in the choir. He was also active in the First Baptist Church in Janesville during his residence in Janesville.

Bill and Mary moved to Eagle Lake in 1986 because he loved to fish Eagle Lake. They lived in their home in Stones-Bengard subdivision for more than 20 years. Because of his health problems and the necessity to be closer to needed health care, he moved to Payette, Idaho in 2006. He enjoyed being close to the Snake River and becoming settled in his new home.

Bill joined the VFW in Payette, which is the fastest-growing VFW post in the State of Idaho. He also participated in the many activities of the Payette Rovers, a Good Sam travel club. The Payette Rovers was the highest donor to Dogs for the Deaf in 2009 and 2010. Bill also participated in collecting pull-tabs from cans for donation to Ronald McDonald House in Boise.

Bill is survived by his wife Mary, sons Bill Jr. and Bruce, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Donations in Bill’s memory may be sent to Dogs for the Deaf, 10175 Wheeler Rd., Central Point, OR 97502, or Shriners Hospital for Children, 2425 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA. Online donation, go to donate2shc.org.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 20 in Payette, Idaho at Rosedale Memorial Park.

Rudecinda “Cindy” LoBuglio
Rudecinda “Cindy” LoBuglio was born March 28, 1934 in San Pedro, Calif. She attended San Pedro High School, graduating in 1952 with high honors. She was an eighth-generation native Californian, and a descendant of the Sepulveda family. She has done extensive research on early California and family history. She has written a number of genealogical articles, and was editor of the “Spanish-American Genealogist” publication for many years. She was honored to be a guest speaker at the 1980 World Conference on Records, in Salt Lake City, delivering papers on pre-statehood California and northeast Mexico.

Cindy served as a Janesville School Board member for many years. She spent much of her time working with the youth of the community through volunteering at Janesville school, and being a leader for Camp Fire Girls. She was a member of many organizations including: The Augustan Society, The Boone Family, Los Californianos, San Pedro Historical Society, Lassen County Historical Society, Janesville Historical Society and The California Native Daughters.

She enjoyed doing historical research and crafts of all kinds, and she ran a craft mail order business which gave her the opportunity to participate in the planning and decorating for many local weddings. Cindy was full of life, and she liked people. She could always find good in anyone, and was constantly defending those being criticized by her overly pessimistic spouse.

This beautiful and intelligent life came to an end Aug. 7, 2011, following a two-year struggle with Alzheimer’s. She now goes to rejoin her parents William and Gloria Lawrence, her daughter Darlene Drissel, and son Joseph Sumner LoBuglio.

Cindy is survived by her husband Joseph LoBuglio, of Janesville; daughter Margaret Gage, of Sherman Oaks, Calif.; daughter and son-in-law Nicole and Jim Dandois, of Janesville; grandchildren Bill and Max Dandois, of Janesville and Christy Fragkias, Tony LoBuglio and Nick LoBuglio, of Humble, Texas; and four great-grandchildren.

There will be a Rosary Service for Cindy at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Susanville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be said at the church at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19, with internment to follow in the Janesville Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, Cindy often expressed the hope that folks would make a donation to the heart disease research fund of their choice.