Antoinette Anto P. Petersen Bolling

Antoinette Petersen Bolling was born in the US Virgin Islands to the late Hugh Valdemar and Petrina Edney Petersen on October 9, 1922. Anto as she was affectionately called became a part of a large loving family of three older sisters: Alvilda, Eulalie and Marion and six brothers: Lauritz, Pierpont, Ivan, Gustave, Frank and Claude. She graduated from Frederiksted Grammar and High Schools and worked in the family grocery business before studying to become a registered nurse.

In 1945 she moved to New York City to live with her sister Marion and husband Wendell Ford. On June 15, 1947 she married Lloyd A. Bolling and gave birth to a son and daughter, Lloyd Jr. and Karen. She devoted her life to her husband, children and extended family. Anto and Lloyd were married for 63 years and traveled all over the US, Caribbean and Europe, including several trips to Denmark.

Anto set the bar high for her family by showing her relationship with God, her faithfulness and constancy in being part of a church family, by the respect she had for herself and for others and by the strong family values she instilled in her offspring. She never complained about anything and would always make a stranger feel welcomed in her home by sharing her meals. She had a knack for cutting cakes and stretching food so that everyone had enough.

Anto was preceded in death by her sisters Alvilda and Eulalie and her brothers Lauritz, Pierpont, Ivan, Gustave, Frank and Claude. She is survived by her loving husband Lloyd Sr., son Lloyd Jr. (Gail), daughter Karen (Chris), grandchildren Rachel (Woodnard), Aurora (Gabe), Karri (Kevin), Cameron and Alexandra and great grand children Maxwell, David, Jesse, Vivian and Trey, sister Marion Ford of Florida and sisters-in-law Marynda of Georgia and Clarissa and Edna of St. Croix and a host of relatives and friends.