Molindia Bolton West

Molindia Bolton West (92) passed away Tuesday, march 15th at the Village at Northrise in Las Cruces. Born September 13, 1918 in Ballinger, TX to Cecil Brown and Myrtle Armstrong, she moved to El Paso with her family after high school. She married Robert Eugene Bolton in El Paso in 1939. After his death in 1960 she remained in El Paso until 1976 when she married Francis Arlet West and moved to Las Cruces. Molindia Loved people and had been active with the Order of Eastern Star, Daughter of the Nile, Rainbow and Big Band Seniors over the years. Both her husbands were Masons and Shriners. She was preceded in death by her two husbands, Robert E. Bolton and Francis A. West,; two brothers Clovis E. Brown and C.B. Brown and two sons in law, Tony Montoya and Ken Robertson; and one grandson, Kenneth Robertson. She is survived by nine children; Betty (Munholand) Robertson, Sally (Bolton) Kading and husband Bruce, Robert Bolton, Jr. and wife Helen, Fritzie (West) Glanville and husband Bob, Francis West Jr., Lonnie West and wife Elisa, Judy (West) Montoya, Patty (West) Wylie and husband George, Peggy (West) Chaapel and husband Scott, 13 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at St. Paul's Methodist Church at 11 am on Saturday, March 26. In Lieu of flowers a donation may be made to the Order of Eastern Star, chapter 20, P.O . Box 1611, Las Cruces, NM 88004 or any charitable organization you might favor. PDF Printable Version