Elizabeth Winkfield Bolster died March 10, 2017 at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, Maine.

Betty was born on May 22, 1926 in Newton, Massachusetts and grew up in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. She was born to Holley Stetson Winkfield and Dorothy Barker Winkfield. She married Arthur Stanley Bolster Jr. (Stan) in 1949. She graduated from Simmons College and was an executive assistant for many years for the superintendent of schools in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Betty is survived by her husband Stan and son, Stephen Clark Bolster and his wife Sandra Spearen Bolster, Berea, Kentucky; brother, Stetson Winkfield and wife Jean of New Hampshire and Florida; daughter-in-law, Leslie Cheney Bolster (Greg Bolster deceased), Walpole, Maine; grandchildren, Evan Bolster, Berea, Kentucky, Todd and wife Emilie Bolster, Carmel, Indiana, Katherine Bolster, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Chad, and Matthew Bolster, Walpole, Maine; and great-grandchildren, Haylee, Sylvie and Ian Bolster, Carmel, Indiana.

In retirement, Betty and Stan wintered in Florida and spent their summers in Maine. She volunteered at the Bristol Public Library, the Boothbay Harbor Public Library Used Book Store, Pemaquid Light House, and Miles Hospital in Maine; and Wellington Hospital and Southern Florida Science Museum in Florida.

Per Betty’s request, there will not be a service. In honor of her many years of service, donations are suggested to the Bristol Public Library, P.O. Box 173, New Harbor, ME 04554.