Helen Feleki Bolen

North Augusta, SC—Funeral Services for Mrs. Helen Feleki Bolen, 92, of Hammond Drive, North Augusta, SC, who entered into rest August 3, 2010, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Grace United Methodist Church. Rev. James D. Dennis, Jr. officiating. Interment in Pineview Memorial Park with Veterans Honors. Mrs. Bolen was a native of Chicago,Illinois, a former resident of Atlanta, Georgia and Columbia, SC, having made North Augusta her home for the past 14 years. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and the Stillwell Sunday School. Mrs. Bolen attended public schools in Chicago and was a graduate of the University of Illinois. After teaching high school mathematic in Chicago, Helen enlisted in the U. S Navy WAVES in 1942. During World War II she devoted her time to encryption work for the Navy, and to teaching aerial navigation to officer candidates and junior officers. She married R. Ernest Bolen in l944 and together they raised three children in Atlanta. She taught in the Atlanta Public School System for 20 years, spending 15 of those years at Northside High School teaching mathematics and German. She also served as a mentor for a number of teaching interns, and was a sponsor for several of the high school’s junior civic organizations as well as the high school’s newspaper “Tiger Tales.” Mrs. Bolen and her husband moved to Columbia in 1980, where she stayed active with her grandchildren and community volunteer work, including service in a substitute teaching capacity at Irmo Elementery School. In l996, she and her husband moved to North Augusta. Mrs. Bolen was a charter member of the Georgia PHI Chapter of the honorary teaching society Alpha Delta Kappa, a former member of PEO in Columbia, and a member of the Business and Professional Women’s organization. She was also a charter member of PEO in North Augusta and a member of the North Augusta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa. Mrs. Bolen is the daughter of the late Julia and Henry Feleki and the sister of the late James Feleki. Survivors include her husband of 65 years, R. Ernest Bolen; two daughters and sons-in-law, Diana and J.C. Roy, North Augusta and Roberta and D. K. Benjamin, Clemson, SC; a son and daughter-in-law, James and Karen Bolen, Aiken; a brother and sister-in-law, Elmer and Dolores Feleki; seven grandchildren, Rebecca Wall, Danny Benjamin, Sally Shealy, Jessica Benjamin, Cindy Pantsari, Erin Bolen and Matthew Bolen; 13 great-grandchildren; a niece, Dolores Feleki Keller, Orlando, Florida. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Stillwell Sunday School Class. Active Pallbearers will be Jeff Wall, Scott Shealy, Matthew Pantsari, Danny Benjamin, Matthew Bolen, Thomas Wall and Jonathan Wall. The family will receive friends at the funeral home this Thursday evening from 6 until 8. The family will be at the home of Diana and J. C. Roy, 817 Merriwether Drive, North Augusta. Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 639 Georgia Avenue, North Augusta, SC 29841. The family would like to express special thanks to friends and caregivers, Shannon Fowler and Angelica McClain and to the wonderful care of Terrie and Renee of Trinity Hospice. Posey Funeral Directors of North Augusta in charge of arrangements (803.278.1181). Visit the registry online at www.poseyfuneralhome.com

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Helen Feleki Bolen

November 4, 1917 - August 3, 2010