Obituary Briefs - April 2, 2020

Alice Bolchoz remembered

The Bishop England High School community mourned the loss of a beloved member of the school’s family.

Alice Degnan Bolchoz passed away on Wednesday, March 25, at age 87.

Bolchoz joined the faculty at Bishop England High in 1977 and was a fixture at the school for 33 years. She began her tenure at BE as an English teacher, but might be best remembered as the school’s director of guidance and admissions.

Bolchoz, a native of Clifton, New Jersey, graduated from BE in 1950, and received her undergraduate degree in education from the College of Charleston and her master’s degree from The Citadel.

She comes from a family with deep roots in Catholic education.

Bolchoz’s husband of 53 years, Laurence Bolchoz, served as an assistant principal at BE and was an interim superintendent of schools for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston. He passed away in 2014.

Her daughter, Mary Anne Tucker, is an associate principal at BE. A nephew, Mike Calder Bolchoz, once served as the school’s principal.

Bolchoz also has seven nieces who are educators in the Catholic school system.

Because of social distancing restrictions in place due to the coronavirus, funeral services and burial were private. A memorial mass will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Nicholas J. Theos Tuition Assistance Fund at Bishop England High School, 363 Seven Farms Drive, Charleston, SC 29492 or to the Father McCarthy Catholic Education Fund at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, 5 St. Teresa Drive, Charleston, SC 29407.