Sally A. Bolar
5/19/1939 - 1/21/20015
with the death of our beloved Sally, her family and friends have lost one their brightest stars. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Dorothy and Henry Fechtmeyer. She received a B.A. degree from Colorado State University in 1961, an M.S. degree from Columbia University, NY in 1966, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas in 1971. After graduating from Colorado State University, she was off to East Africa for three years for her "life changing experience," teaching science and math in a girls' school in Tanzania. Later she taught at the College of the Virgin Islands for five years, spending much of her time under water in scuba gear. She then joined the faculty at California State University, Sacramento, where she met Marlin, a biology prof, and they were married in 1980. In 1993, Sally and Marlin moved to Tucson and lived for a year in SaddleBrooke while they built their "dream home" in Catalina. At the age of 52, Sally swam in her first competitive swim meet, and ultimately was recognized as a "World Top 10 Swimmer" while swimming with the SaddleBrooke Swim Club. Sally and Marlin had a rich and rewarding life, enjoying scuba diving, houseboating, RVing, fishing, birding, and backpacking. Travel included scuba diving in the Caribbean, trips to Southern and Eastern Africa, New Zealand, Antarctica, Peru, Cost Rica, Israel and Egypt. Sally is survived by her brother, Gary Fechtmeyer and his two sons, Kevin and his wife, Holly and their three children, Christian, Maximillian and Serena; Kurtis and his wife, Alison and their three children, Phoebe, Patrick and Theodore; brother-in-law, Norman Davis, husband of Sally' late sister Nancy, and their son, Gary Davis and daughter, Nisa Marshall and her husband, Ben and their sons, Barrett and Tobin. She also leaves behind Marlin's five children, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, all who deeply loved Sally. A Memorial Celebration will be held at the Vista de la Montana United Methodist Church, 3001 Miravista Lane, Catalina on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Donations may be made to the Vista church, Catalina Food Bank or Drs. Without Borders. Arrangements entrusted to DESERT SUNSET CATALINA, 818-0038, www.desertsunsetfuneralhome.com