Amelia T. M. Bubolz

Amelia T. M. Bubolz
Appleton

Formerly of 78 River Drive, age 91, passed away on Wednesday morning, May 8, 2002, at Rennes Health Center. She was born July 8, 1910 at the family farm near Stoughton, Wisconsin, to the late Sever A. and Olive (Tofsland) Juve. She graduated from Milwaukee Lutheran High School and received her degree as a registered nurse from Madison Methodist Hospital. On Thanksgiving Day in 1935, Amelia married the late Gordon A. Bubolz and after a year in Washington, D. C. the couple moved to Appleton. Together they were dedicated to family, Christian fellowship and community enrichment.
Amelia was gifted with a beautiful voice. She was a soloist with First English Lutheran Church Choir, the Chaminade Chorus, also performing at hospitals and nursing homes. She raised money for the Fox Valley Symphony in its formative years and was a devoted member of Wednesday Music Club and SAI. In addition to musical activities, Amelia, was involved in many other civic and religious activities including those of Appleton Womens Club, Fiction Club and First English Lutheran Church.
Amelia was an avid doll collector, displaying her dolls at Secura Insurance, and finally donating the entire collection of over 1100 dolls to the Fox Cities Children’s Museum, for all to enjoy.
While most noted for her song and dolls, the most cherished gifts to her family and friends were her smiles, laughter, sense of humor and faithful, unconditional love and caring.
Survivors include her four children and their spouses, G. Allen and Kay Bubolz, Appleton; Amelia M. and Walter Rugland, Appleton; John S. and Patricia Bubolz, Appleton; Reverend Gerald L. and Mary Ellen Bubolz; Lancaster, Ohio. She is also survived by her 12 grandchildren, Linda (Nao) Ashida, Brenda (Tom) Purdy, Kristen Bubolz, Gordon (Rhonda) Bubolz, Amy (Artem) Ponomarev, Zay (Keith) Lenaburg, Rebecca (Douglas) Hempel, Katy Bubolz, Emilie Bubolz; Bill (Bev) Tusler, Karen (Mark) Worner, Kitsy (Mark) Radermacher; 14 great grandchildren; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Lloyd and Elsie Juve; LeRoy and Shirley Juve; her brother-in-law, Henry Bergerson; a former daughter-in-law, Nancy Bubolz; local sisters-in-law, Gertrude Brummond, Ethel Jesse and Fronie Bubolz; nieces, nephews and many cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Gordon and her sister, Adel Bergerson.
Funeral service for Amelia will be held at 1:00 pm, Saturday, May 11, 2002 at FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH, 326 East North Street, with Reverend J. Christian Quello, Reverend Willis Bloedow and Reverend Frank Conner. Burial will be in Appleton Highland Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 – 7 pm, Friday and at the church on Saturday, from 12:00 pm, until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers donations in Amelia’s memory may given to First English Lutheran Church.
The family would like to express their gratitude to the staff of Rennes Health Center for their loving care and support.

“There is a vibrant joy about Amelia. Seldom a day goes by that she doesn’t express her appreciation for what’s beautiful – flowers, birds, nature and the spontaneous, true – to – life personalities of children.” Gordon A. Bubolz

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