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Obituary: The Rev. Hébert Winslow Bolles

The Rev. Hébert Winslow Bolles, 88, of 45 DeArruda Terrace, Portsmouth, died at home after a long illness on April 6, 2013.

 

The Rev. Hébert Winslow Bolles, 88, of 45 DeArruda Terrace, Portsmouth, died at home, surrounded by his family after a long illness on April 6, 2013. 

He was the husband of Elizabeth (Bambi) Sands Elliot. 

In 1962, Hébert returned to active duty as a chaplain for the destroyer Squadron DESDIV 122 in Newport, a highlight being the last "Good Will Cruise" circumnavigating Africa in 1963.

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He was the chaplain at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Boston, MA. He served as Battalion chaplain of the 2/26 Marines in Vietnam, 1966-67 and was awarded the Bronze Star with a combat “V.”

Beginning in 1968, he was stationed at NAS Norfolk, VA then at Argentia, Newfoundland, and finally served as the Senior Chaplain at NETC Newport. He retired from the Navy as a captain in 1979 with an abiding love of ships, African elephants and a sense that, “we’re all in this together.”

Hébert was a member of the RI Diocesan Standing Committee. He was the Ecumenical Officer from 1984-89, and an instructor at the School for Deacons 1982-91, a ministry to which he was deeply committed. Hébert served as interim of St. Paul's Portsmouth, St. Michael's Bristol and, later, was Vicar of St. Andrew's Little Compton (1989-94).

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In addition to Bambi, his wife of 57 years, he leaves behind his four children: Elliot Foster Bolles of Stafford, VA, the Rev. Anne Elizabeth Bolles-Beaven of Maplewood, NJ, Paul Hébert Bolles of Manhattan, NY, and M. Katherine (Kate) Bragan of Portsmouth, RI. He delighted in his grandchildren: Emma Sands and William Norman Bolles-Beaven of Maplewood, NJ, Stephen Parnell and Allison Lynn Bolles of Stafford, VA, Gwenyth Sands and Lila Foster Bragan of Portsmouth, RI, Julia, Morgan and Jacob Caldwell of Stafford, VA.

Calling hours will be held at St. Columba’s Chapel, 55 Vaucluse Ave., Middletown on Friday, April 19, from 4-8 p.m. 

His funeral will be held on Saturday, April 20, at 10 a.m. at Trinity Church, One Queen Anne Square, Newport. 

Burial will be private in St. Columba’s Churchyard. 

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