Clara Bolen

Clara Ellen Bolen, 86, was born September 27, 1939, in McAlester, OK to W.M. and Jakie Lee Bolen. She passed away peacefully surrounded by family on January 15, 2026, in Hobbs, New Mexico. She married Edward Zurovec in 1961 and together they had two children, Dwayne and Steven. She worked for the local telephone company, GTE, as on operator for 32 years prior to retiring in 1993.

She was born as a twin, the fifth of eight children. She was raised in a tight knit, hardworking family who came from humble yet dignified origins. She had a fierce love for the Lord and her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed gardening, house plants, Skip Bo and Uno, watching Hobbs Eagle basketball games, feeding the birds and watching hummingbirds on her many feeders.

Clara was preceded in death by her parents W.M. and Jakie Lee Bolen; Edward Zurovec; 3 brothers: her twin Clyde Bolen, Charles Bolen, and Johnnie Bolen; 3 sisters: Beatrice Willis, Yvonne Agnew and Mary Willis; son Steven Zurovec and grandson Dustin Zurovec. She is survived by her son: Dwayne Zurovec (Vicki); her brother Harold Bolen (Judy); granddaughters Stephanie Wilks (Dudley) and Lindsay Russell; grandsons Matthew Zurovec and Tyler Zurovec; 6 great grandchildren: Drayton, Nolan, Adley and Emersyn Wilks and Grayson and Morgan Stephens; and numerous extended family members. She was also blessed with a fiercely loyal church family through Bel Aire Baptist Church.

She lived an 86 year testimony of love, patience, endurance, fortitude and grace that will live on in the legacy she leaves behind.