Bobby Bollinger

JACKSON, Mo. -- Funeral for Bobby J. Bollinger of Jackson will be at 10 a.m. today at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home. The Rev. Vernon Long will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery.

Bollinger, 67, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born May 22, 1934, at Sedgewickville, Mo., son of Renzo and Rubena Friese Bollinger. He and Ola Penrod were married Feb. 13, 1953, in Cape Girardeau.

Bollinger worked for Slim and Funny Nothdurft Plastering of Jackson, then worked for Crites and Sailer of Cape Girardeau, and worked at Drury Co. more than 27 years, retiring in 2001.

He was a member of Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 908 in Cape Girardeau. He was a member of Army National Guard Co. A in Jackson 13 years.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Mike Bollinger of Fruitland, Mo., Joe Bollinger of Millersville, Mo.; a daughter, Gail Kocher of Fruitland; a brother, Billy D. Bollinger of Cape Girardeau; five grandchildren; and three stepgrandsons.