Barbara Ann Bolton

BARBARA ANN BOLTON, daughter of HELEN DAVIDSON and THOMAS CORNISH BOLTON, was born December 10, 1925 in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa,²⁴³² and died September 24, 2019 in Greenport, Suffolk, New York.⁹⁴⁰⁸

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Sioux City Journal, March 2, 1949⁶⁷⁶⁴

Barbara Bolton, J. S. Woodson Crowned at Annual Mardi Gras

J. S. Woodson and Miss Barbara Bolton were crowned 1949 monarchs of Mardi Gras at an elaborate ceremony Tuesday evening at the Orpheum theater. The annual presentation was under the sponsorship of St. Margaret's guild of St. Thomas Episcopal church.

Miss Bolton, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bolton, 2705 Valley drive, attended Baldwin school at Bryn Mawr, Pa., and was graduated from Sarah Lawrence college at Bronxville, N. Y. She has been spending the winter in New York city where she is a member of the American Theater wing which presents plays at disabled veterans hospitals.

The new king, Mr. Woodson, is associate editor of the Journal-Tribune publications. A Sioux Cityan for the last 28 years, he resides at 2300 Summit street. He is a native of Kentucky. He and Mrs. Woodson have two children, Mrs. Robert B. Howe of Sioux City and John D. Woodson, a cadet at the United States Military academy at West Point, who will be graduated and commissioned next June.

Frank P. Whicher, master-of-ceremonies, announced the entire presentation of the coronation. Background music throughout was furnished by members of the Sioux City symphony orchestra under the direction of Leo Kucinski. A fanfare by the honor guard announced the approach of former monarchs, Miss Nelontine Maxwell and Oscar Broyer who welcomed the new rulers to the throne. Their attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Packard. members of the guard were Jud Broyer, Fred Crowley, Woodson Howe, Minor Lewis, Bill Willard and Charles Wolle.

A Renaissance Setting

Miss Bolton's robe, of crimson velvet, was banded in white ermine. It was worn over a white chiffon gown of sophisticated simplicity, fashioned with a wide beaded midriff. She wore gold slippers, a ruby studded crown and her scepter was encrusted with jewels.

Mr. Woodson wore a royal purple velvet robe, also banded in ermine, over a white satin suit featuring lace cuffs and jabot. His jeweled crown and scepter were gold.

Miss Maxwell wore a green velvet robe over a white chiffon gown and Mr. Broyer wore a robe of purple brocaded velvet.

A royal setting from the period of the French renaissance featured green marble columns, deep red velvet draperies and richly festooned cords. The thrones were flanked by tall baskets of spring flowers and palms.

Fourteen countesses, in white formal gowns, and wearing jeweled silver tiaras, preceded the royal party to the stage. The young women, who were chosen to represent Sioux City service clubs, included Mrs. Glen Beaubien, Mrs. Robert Gassell, Mrs. Dietrich Dirks, Mrs. E. G. Jones, Mrs. Ernest Hall, Mrs. Carol Peck, Mrs. Donal Suttie, Mrs. Roy C. Warfield, Mrs. George A. Gunderson, Mrs. Robert Williams, Mrs. K. F. Fitch, Mrs. John Whinery, Mrs. Lloyd Fehrman and Mrs. Milton Galinsky.

East Hampton Star⁹⁴⁰⁸

Barbara Dello Joio, TV Actress Was 93

Barbara Bolton Dello Joio died on Sept. 24 at Stony Brook-Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport after a brief illness, with her two children holding her hands. Always playful, Ms. Dello Joio referred to herself as a member of the 1925 Birthday Club at Peconic Landing, the retirement community in Greenport. She would have been 94 years old on Dec. 10.

She began her acting career in the early ’50s, the so-called Golden Age of Television, appearing with Jack Lemmon in “The Wisdom Tooth” for Studio One, and in numerous ingenue roles with Tony Randall and Leslie Nielsen on Playhouse 90, “The Defenders,” “Philco Playhouse,” “Hallmark Hall of Fame,” and many other shows. A lifelong member of both the Screen Actors Guild and Actors’ Equity Association, she had studied acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan.

Ms. Dello Joio was a longtime resident of the East End. She first summered in Amagansett in the mid-1950s, when she was married to Robert E. Costello, an independent television production consultant in New York. They divorced in the ’60s.

She became a full-time resident of East Hampton with her second husband, the composer Norman Dello Joio. She frequently acted in and directed productions at Guild Hall, and was an active member of the Ladies Village Improvement Society, spending many hours volunteering for its Bargain Book Store.

She had fond professional memories of the time she lived in Boston when Mr. Dello Joio was dean of Boston University’s School of Fine Arts. There she returned to her first love, the theater, and created the role of “Mother” in two Jean Shepherd television productions for PBS Boston and WNET. As a member of the Massachusetts Center Repertory Company, she starred as Mary Tyrone in O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.” Later, she performed the roles of Dolly Scupp and Nurse Benson in “Bad Habits” at the Piccadilly Theater Company in London, and delivered what was hailed as an extraordinary performance as Lady Macbeth in completion of her master’s thesis at Brandeis University’s Springold Theater.

Ms. Dello Joio was born on Dec. 10, 1925, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Helen Davidson and Thomas Cornish Bolton. She came east to attend the Baldwin School for Girls in Bryn Mawr, Pa., where she headed the drama club. She knew she wanted to be an actor from the start, and went on to graduate from Sarah Lawrence College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

In 2008, after Mr. Dello Joio’s death, she moved to a cottage at Peconic Landing. She is survived by her children, Katie Bar-Tur of Orient and New York City, and Ned Costello of Old Lyme, Conn., five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and five stepchildren. A brother, Thomas Cornish Bolton II, died about 15 years ago.

Burial was planned at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton, next to Mr. Dello Joio. The family plans a small memorial in the future.

Memorial donations have been suggested for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, P.O. Box 97166, Washington, D.C. 20090-7166.