Obituary: George Dutton Boles
George Dutton Boles, 72, of Marblehead, passed away March 22, 2012, at Salem Hospital.
In December of 1960, Marblehead’s Betty Campbell pulled into a gas station in Marblehead to fill up her Renault Dauphine, and 21 year-old George Boles was working the pumps. George was smitten with Ms. Campbell at first glance, and when she told him she went to high school with his brother Bill, George went right home and went through Bill’s yearbook to see who this knockout was. George found out who Betty was and when she came in for gas again, late in December 1960, he asked her out for New Year’s Eve. Betty was hesitant, but she relented and they went out, the pair would have celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary on March 24, but George passed away from a long illness, two days shy of that marriage milestone. George Dutton Boles, 72…
