Esther's wishes were to be cremated. Her ashes will be placed next to Lester’s in Mt. Clark Cemetery in Central City, Iowa at a later date. Arrangements, Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) Butler, Missouri.
Esther Evelyn Bolton Stookey, age 90, passed away May 7, 2013 in Butler, Missouri. She was born February 13, 1923 to Ignatius and Julia Ciolocha Wnukowski in Thorp Wisconsin.
Esther is survived by two sons, Cary Bolton and wife Mary Lou of Butler, Missouri and Larry Bolton and wife Janet of Tucson, Arizona; two daughters, Vicki Voss of Peoria, Arizona and Kathy Bolton of Glendale, Arizona; a sister, Eleanor Natzke of Bloomington, Illinois; one brother, Pete Nokell of Hope Valley, Rhode Island; eight grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; two step daughters, June and Marilyn; a brother-in-law, John Stookey of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; plus numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Rose, and two brothers, Robert and Theodore.