Ron Roling

School years, milestones and family stories, with the original sources and qualifications.

Ron

Ron with the St. Joseph Ravens

Ron was pictured with the St. Joseph Ravens’ seventh- and eighth-grade basketball team in 1974. The newspaper caption identifies him at the left of the second row.

Source: “St. Joseph Ravens 7th And 8th Team,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, December 19, 1974.

St. Joseph Ravens seventh- and eighth-grade basketball team. The printed caption identifies Ron Roling at the left of the second row.

Ron, number 70

Ron posed in his football uniform for a newspaper player profile in 1976. The panel lists him as a freshman playing end and wearing number 70.

Source: Ron Roling player profile, Salisbury Press-Spectator, September 2, 1976, page 13.

Newspaper football portrait labeled Ron Roling, number70, end, freshman.

Ron at the national FFA convention

Ron traveled to Kansas City with fellow Salisbury FFA students for the National FFA Convention in 1977. The newspaper published their group photograph and identified him in the front row.

Source: “Attend National FFA Convention,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, November 17, 1977, page 13.

Newspaper group photograph of Salisbury FFA members at the national convention. Its caption names Ron Roling fourth from the left in the front row.

Ron, “Having Fun”

One boot in the ditch, one out, and an overall strap slipping down—little Ron was busy enjoying the plowed ground. Bridget caught the moment with a Brownie Hawkeye camera, without using a flash. Her snapshot won second place in the People category of the Press-Spectator’s picture contest.

Source: Preserved Press-Spectator clipping captioned “Having Fun”; issue date and page not shown.

Undated newspaper clipping titled Having Fun, showing young Ron in overalls. The caption credits Mrs. Bob Roling’s second-place People-category photograph.

Ron at FFA camp in the Ozarks

Ron was among the Salisbury FFA members who attended Camp Rising Sun at the Lake of the Ozarks from June 14–18, 1976. The group spent the week taking part in outdoor sports and learning sessions. A newspaper group photograph lists him as Ronnie Roling in the back row.

Source: “FFA Members Attend Camp In Ozarks,” preserved newspaper clipping dated July 1, 1976.

Group photograph of Salisbury FFA members at Camp Rising Sun. The printed caption names Ronnie Roling in the back row. Photograph credited to Ron Schneiderer.

Camp photograph credited to Ron Schneiderer in the original clipping.

Ron joins the family

A 1962 newspaper announcement introduced Ron as the newest member of Bob and Bridget’s family. He was their fourth child, joining David, Dan and Betty.

Source: “Births: Roling,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1962, page 1. Original announcement preserved in the family archive.

1984–1985 · Ron in campus leadership

The 1985 Rhetor names Ron Roling as Delta Chi president at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg. He also appears with the Interfraternity Council in that volume and with the Student Government Association in both the 1984 and 1985 yearbooks.

Yearbook dates are not graduation dates.

Sources and notes

Sources: CMSU Rhetor, 1984, p. 83; 1985, pp. 55, 196 and 214. Family identification confirmed, October 2026; yearbook dates are not graduation dates.

The family album preserves a photograph captioned Ron’s baptism, possibly 1962; the other people and location remain unconfirmed.

See also the family-business accounts of David and Ron’s ownership, Ron at a 2010 agricultural scholarship luncheon, and the 2018 Sydenstricker announcement.