Edward Bolger Obituary

Edward Lynn Bolger was born November 16, 1936 in Colorado Springs to Edward Lynn Bolger, Sr., and H. Mozelle Bolger, local florists. He graduated from Colorado Springs High School before serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Randolph. Following his military service, he worked at the White Sands Missile Range and later at the Martin Missile Company in Denver. Ed served one term as the Mayor of Elizabeth, Colorado, prior to moving in to Boulder in 1962. He served in the Boulder Fire Department for 24 years rising to the rank of Lieutenant prior to his retirement in 1988. He earned a Fire Science Technology Associate's certificate in 1974. He was a certified scuba diver, and he and his late wife, Jeanette, were instrumental is establishing the BFD's Rescue Dive Team. Following his retirement from the fire department, he drove handicapped children to school for the Boulder Valley School District. Married for 45 years to the late Jeannette Poole of Colorado Springs, his high-school sweetheart, Ed was the father of three children: Teri Bolger, of Eckley, Colorado; Eddie Bolger of Boulder; and Steven Bolger of Longmont. He is survived by them and his sister, Julie Bolger Davey of Duarte, California. At his memorial service on Saturday, two former fire chiefs from Boulder Fire Department, plus several current fire department members and scores of retired firemen, were in attendance. The current chief, Gil Espinosa, spoke, as did William Greer of Colorado Springs who was one of Ed's oldest friends. Julie Bolger Davey gave the eulogy. Donations may be made in his memory to the Boulder Community Hospital Cancer Patient Program.