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Harry L. Rollman

March 3, 1924-July 10, 2018

Harry Lester Rollman,

94, Minot, formerly of

Granville, ND, died Tues-

day, July 10, 2018 in a

Minot Hospital.

Harry was born March

3, 1924 at Sinking

Springs, PA, the son of

Clarence and Lucille

(Peck) Rollman. He

moved with his family to

Granville at an early age,

where he was raised and

educated, graduating in

1942. He enlisted with the

U.S. Navy in 1942 and

honorably served his

country in the European

and Pacific Theatre of

World War II. On De-

cember 28th 1945 aboard

the USS Andromeda

AKA15 Harry crossed the

equator and became a

Trusty Shellback. He was

honorably discharged in

1946.

Harry returned to North

Dakota and began farming

in Granville Township of

McHenry County. In

1946, he was united in

marriage to Mildred

Anderson. Nine children

were born to this union.

He worked as a motorcy-

cle police officer in Velva

and Minot, then as a truck

driver for United Bucking-ham and Midwest Motors

Express for 25 years. He

also worked in the pro

shop in the bowling alley

before retiring. He was

once married to Sherry

Fossum.

On January 8, 1991,

Harry was united in mar-

riage to Jean Kingsley in

Las Vegas, NV. They con-

tinued to live in Minot to

this day.

Harry was a member of

Bethany Lutheran

Church, the local

Teamster’s Union, Minot

Eagles Aerie and VFW

Club. Throughout the

years, he enjoyed golfing,

bowling, coaching

women’s fastpitch softball

for over 23 years, along

with watching the Gospel

Hour on Saturday even-

ings.

His loving family in-

cludes: wife of 27 years,

Jean Rollman; children,

Bryan Rollman Mesa, AZ,

Byron Rollman, Minot,

Sheila Franklin, Bremer-

ton, WA, Cheryl Vannett,

Colville, WA, Blayne (Pat)

Rollman, Bremerton, WA,

Geraldine Hickman,

Bloomington, IL, Wayne

Rollman, Bremerton, WA

and Scott Rollman, Las

Vegas, NV; Lola (Doug)

Hanna, Burlington, Larry

(Joette) Turner, Velva, Lee

(Lynn) Turner, James-

town, ND and Leon

Turner, Minot; 17

grandchildren; 33

great-grandchildren; 18

great-great-grandchildren;

brother, Donald Rollman,

Granville, ND; a number

of nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Harry was preceded in

death by: his parents,

wives, Mildred and Sher-

ry, son, Steve; step-

daughter, Judy; brothers,

LeRoy, Raymond, Robert,

Richard, Ralph, Gordon,

and sisters, Marian, Mar-

garet and Lois.

Funeral service: Tues-

day, July 17, 2018 at 11:00

a.m. in Bethany Lutheran

Church, Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Monday,

July 16th from 5:00 p.m.

until 7:00 p.m. in Thomas

Family Funeral Home,

Minot

In lieu for flowers or

plants, memorials are pre-

ferred to Bethany Luth-

eran or American Cancer

Fund.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories are

invited to use the expres-

sions of sympathy section

at (www.thomas

familyfuneralhome.com)