Bolin, Wilford Frank

Wilford Frank Bolin
Jan. 31, 1915-July 3, 1980

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, July 5, 1980, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Wilford Frank Bolin, 65, of 3630 W. Bertrand Road, died at 5 a.m. Thursday at his home.

The owner of the Square Deal Lumber Company, Mr. Bolin was born Jan. 31, 1915 in Boonville, Ind., and came here 35 years ago from Boonville.

On March 15, 1947 in Ft. Wayne, Ind., he married Fireda M. Newman, who survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Pat) Smith of Niles, and Mrs. Rex (Sandra) Ellis-Bath of Maine; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Hall of Paducah, Ky., and Mrs. Marjorie Wilson of Villa Ridge, Mo.; a brother in California; a step-brother, Joe Bolin of Boonville, Ind., and four grandchildren.

He was a member of the Emmanual Bible Baptist Church.

Funeral services were to be at 10:30 a.m. today at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Harold Asire officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

 

 

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, July 5, 1980, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Wilford Frank Bolin, 65, of 3630 W. Bertrand Road, died at 5 a.m. Thursday at his home.

The owner of the Square Deal Lumber Company, Mr. Bolin was born Jan. 31, 1915 in Boonville, Ind., and came here 35 years ago from Boonville.

On March 15, 1947 in Ft. Wayne, Ind., he married Fireda M. Newman, who survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Pat) Smith of Niles, and Mrs. Rex (Sandra) Ellis-Bath of Maine; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Hall of Paducah, Ky., and Mrs. Marjorie Wilson of Villa Ridge, Mo.; a brother in California; a step-brother, Joe Bolin of Boonville, Ind., and four grandchildren.

He was a member of the Emmanual Bible Baptist Church.

Funeral services were to be at 10:30 a.m. today at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Harold Asire officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.