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Lewis Rollings

17 Apr 1923 – 28 Feb 2004

Birth	17 Apr 1923
Death	28 Feb 2004
Cemetery	Spokane Cemetery Spokane , Christian County , Missouri , USA
Added by	Delores Barnett on 15 Apr 2018
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8456762

Bio

Master Chief Lewis Rollings died in his home in Springfield, Mo on February 8, 2004. Rollings was born in Taney County on April 17, 1923 to John and Sarah Rollings. He was preceded in death by eight brothers and three sisters. In March 1941 Lewis entered the Navy and served continuously for four years on sea duty during World War II, beginning on the battleship New Mexico, with the friendly occupation of Iceland in July 1941. Master Chief Rollings transferred to the Navy oiler Escalante in January 1943 and continued sea service in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets until after the occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945. He remained on active duty until after World War II and the Korean War, retiring from the Navy in April 1964, Rollings was employed by the United States Department of Justice from 1965 to 1985, retiring as Chief of Utilities in the United States Medical Center in Springfield. He was a life member of the Fleet Reserve Association, a 24-gallon donor to the Red Cross Blood program, and a 42 year member of First Baptist Church, Springfield. In December 1945 Lewis married Virginia Louis Bilyeu and she preceded him in death in June 1986. They are survived by a son and his wife of Salem, Oregon; a daughter of Columbia, Missouri and two granddaughters. In 1988 Lewis married Donna (Riley) Shaffer, who survives. Surviving members of the extended family include a stepson of Los Vegas, Nevada and a step daughter of Phoenix, Arizona. Funeral services will be at 1 pm Tuesday, March 2, 2004 in Greenlawn Funeral Home South with Dr Edgar Burks officiating Burial will be in Spokane Cemetery. No formal visitation is planned. Friends may call after noon today in the funeral home.. Memorial contributions are suggested to the United Way of the Ozarks.

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Family

Parents

• John William Rollings Jr 1875–1957
• Sarah Ellis Palmer Rollings 1882–1957

Spouse

• Virginia Louise Bilyeu Rollings 1926–1986
• Donna Kay Riley Shaffer 1935–2006

Siblings

• Cora Catherine Rollings Saltsman 1903–1990
• John Isaac Rollings 1905–1970
• Rose Gertrude Rollings Botolfson 1907–1999
• Floyd Jacob "Jake" Rollings 1909–1996
• Robert Albert "Al" Rollings 1911–1994
• William Palmer Rollings 1913–1988
• Edward Charles "Champ" Rollings 1916–1985
• Leamond Elbert Rollings 1917–1994
• Neil Norman Rollings 1919–2002
• Bertha Elizabeth "Betty" Rollings Watkins 1921–2004
• Burl Dale Rollings 1924–1981

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