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Submitted: 10/24/09 • Approved: 6/15/12 • Last Updated: 8/3/12 • R250694-G0-S3
US Army
US Navy
World War II
October 25, 1927 - March 3, 1999
Son of Peter & Pearl Rollan.
Married Florene Cunningham on October 17, 1952.
The Baxter Bulletin
March 6, 1999
Services for William Lee 'Bill' Rollan, 71, of Kansas City, MO, will be at 2PM sunday at Roller Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Donnie Speak officiating. Mr. Rollan died Wednesday (March 3, 1999) at Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City, MO.
Visitation will be from 1PM until service time Sunday. Burial will be in Galatia Cemetery with Kyle Jeffery, Lee Sanders, Shayne Hamilton, Derrick Davis, Darren Cunningham and Ricky Cunningham serving as pallbearers.
Survivors include his wife, Florene Rollan at home; one son, Michael Lee Rollan of Independence, MO; one daughter, Sheri Villines of Indepenedende, MO; five sisters, Osa Arbor, Gracie Fields, Myrtle Fields, Gladys Walters all of Muskogee, OK and Ruth Walker of Los Angeles, CA; one grandchild and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Peter and Pearl Rolland, three sisters and four brothers.
Mr. Rollan was a retired assembly line worker for General Motors for 32 years. He was born Oct 25, 1927, in Muskogee, OK. Mr. Rollan was a World War II veteran of the US Army and Navy.
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The Kansas City Star
March 5, 1999
Bill Rollan, 71, Kansas City, MO, died Wednesday, March 3, 1999, at Trinity Luteran Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Funeral services will be at 2PM Sunday, March 7, at Roller Funeral Home, Mt. Home, AR; burial in Galatia Cemetery. Friends may call 6-8PM Friday, March 5, at Sheil Independence Ave. Funeral Home, 6606 Independence Ave, Kansas City, MO.
Mr. Rollan was born October 25, 1927, in Muskogee, OK. He was employed with General Motors for 32 years, retiring in 1982. He was a member of the Cecil Daylight Masonic Lodge. He was preceded in death by his parents, Peter and Pearl Rollan; three sisters and four brothers. He is survived by his wife, Florene Rollan of the home; a son Michael Lee Rollan and a daughter, Sheri Villines, both of Independence, MO; five sisters, Osa Arbor, Gracie Fields, Myrtle Fields, Gladys Walters, all of Muskogee, OK, and Ruth Walker, Los Angeles, CA; grandson, Stephen Villines, Independence, MO; many nieces and nephews and cousins and was also loved by may in-laws in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missoui.
Arrangements; Sheil Independence Ave, Funeral Home.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 10/24/09 by maxparnell
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