Wilber R Rolen

Wilbur "Bud" Riley Rolen Birth 3 Jun 1907 Olney, Illinois Death 19 Mar 1988 Portage, Porter, Indiana Burial Mar 23 , 1988 Fairview Cemetery Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana son of Frank Wilbur Rolen and Dora Elizora "Zilla" Robbins

1948 - Apr 14 - Change Wire Chiefs In Telephone Office

W. R. Rolen, wire chief for the past year at the local exchange of the Indiana Bell Telephone company, has been promoted to a similar position at the Michigan City exchange. He will make the change April 15....

Wilbur R. Rolen

Services for Wilbur R. Rolen, 80, of Valparaiso, formerly of South Bend, who died Saturday in Miller's Merry Manor, Portage, Ind., will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Engel Funeral Home, Portage. Burial will be at 3 p.m.

Wednesday in Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka.

Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Porter County Heart Fund.

Mr. Rolen retired in 1964 from Indiana Bell Telephone Co., where he was a supervising test foreman in the plant department. He had worked for Indiana Bell for 38 years.

He was born June 3, 1907, in Olney, Ill., and lived in South Bend before moving to Valparaiso 10 years ago.

On Feb. 16, 1963 in South Bend, he married the former Lucy Boswell Mark, who survives.

Also surviving are a daughter, Joyce Poppenger of Spring Hill, Fla.; two sons, Richard of Englewood, Colo., and Frank of Honor, Mich.; a stepdaughter, Ardith Brown of Portage; nine grandchidren; 16 greatgrandchildren; and a sister, Ahrea Kraus of Edwardsburg.

Mr. Rolen was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, Hoosier State Chapter 16.

married Myra Virginia McGowan Birth 17 February 1908 Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana Death 16 October 1961 South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana Burial 18 Oct 1961 Fairview Cemetery Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana daughter of Clarence Melvin McGowan and Bertha Louise Johanna Christina Witt

Mrs. Myra Rolen. Mrs. Myra V. Rolen, 929 S. 28th St., died at 3 a.m. Monday in Memorial Hospital after an illness of several days,

She was born in Mishawaka on Feb. 17, 1908, and and lived in the South Be awaka area all her life. >

On Jan. 1, 1927, in South Bend she was married to Wilbur Rolen, who survives.>

Also surviving are two sons, Frank of Michigan City, and Richard of Denver, Colo.; a daughter, Mrs. Joyce Pottenger, of Deerfield, Ill.; grandchildren; a brother, Arno McGowan, of Miami, Fla. and two sisters, Mrs. Zina Funston of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Bernice Teeter of South Bend.

Friends may call in the Hollis Funeral Home until noon Wednesday when the body will be taken to the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer for services there at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Rev. John F. Kutz, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka.

Mrs. Rolen was a member of the Ladies Dorcas Society of the church. - South Bend Tribune Oct 17, 1961

married 2nd 4 Feb 1963 • South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana Lucy Worth Boswell