{"id":1491,"date":"2026-10-31T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1491"},"modified":"2026-10-31T19:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T19:57:52","slug":"roling-sisters-dick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1491","title":{"rendered":"Joe and Ida\u2019s children: sisters and Dick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.family-topic-breadcrumb{font-size:.95rem;margin:0 0 22px}.family-topic-intro{max-width:68ch;line-height:1.7}.family-topic-menu{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:14px;margin:26px 0}.family-topic-menu a{display:block;padding:18px;border:1px solid #c9cec8;border-radius:4px;background:#f5f2e9;text-decoration:none;color:#293d30;min-height:52px}.family-topic-menu strong{display:block;font-size:1.1rem}.family-topic-menu span{display:block;margin-top:6px;color:#4f574e;line-height:1.55;font-size:.95rem}.family-topic-related{border-top:1px solid #d8d2c5;margin-top:32px;padding-top:18px}.family-topic-related a{display:inline-block;margin:6px 22px 6px 0}.family-topic-breadcrumb a:focus-visible,.family-topic-menu a:focus-visible,.family-topic-related a:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #98513b;outline-offset:4px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb){max-width:960px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb)>p{line-height:1.7}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) :is(h2,h3){scroll-margin-top:24px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) a{overflow-wrap:anywhere}@media(max-width:600px){.family-topic-menu{grid-template-columns:1fr}.family-topic-menu a{padding:16px}}<\/style>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">Roling family<\/a> \u203a Joe and Ida\u2019s children: sisters and Dick<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">School, weddings and early careers in contemporary notices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"roling-seven-sisters\">Seven sisters, seven glimpses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Roling\u2019s 1971 obituary names seven daughters: Ida Mae, Mildred, Evelyn, Jeanne, Helen, Rita and Carol. Earlier newspapers let us meet them at school, on stage and on their wedding days. Each notice catches just one moment, but together they bring a busy Salisbury family into view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ida-mae-school-1935\">Ida Mae at commencement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May 1935, Ida Mae Roling was one of nine St. Joseph High School graduates. The commencement took place at the church, with diplomas, hymns and benediction. Gertrude Roling also appears among the graduates; the article does not explain their relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"evelyn-play-1939\">Evelyn on the parish stage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A packed house watched <em>Wild Oats Boy<\/em> at the W.C.W. Hall in February 1939. Evelyn Roling was in the cast of the St. Joseph parish production, alongside another Roling, Marian. The report preserves the occasion, although it does not name Evelyn\u2019s character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"helen-essay-1942\">Helen puts her thoughts on paper<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helen Roling took part in St. Joseph High School\u2019s first Apologetic essay finals in April 1942. The subject was \u201cWhy Should We Confess Our Sins?\u201d The newspaper named Helen among the participants, not among the winners. It is a small glimpse of the religious education that formed part of her school years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mildred-wedding-1947\">Mildred\u2019s winter wedding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For her February 1947 wedding to Walter J. Brand at St. Joseph, Mildred wore white satin and carried calla lilies and white carnations. Jeanne Roling and Jerome Holtwick attended the couple. Dinner at the Roling home and a reception carried the celebration beyond the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"jean-wedding-1948\">Jean\u2019s spring wedding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The April 1948 account of Jean Roling\u2019s marriage to Alvin Monnig lingered over her satin gown, its three-tier bustle and train, and her fingertip veil. Helen and Rita were among the attendants. After the ceremony at St. Joseph, the family gathered for dinner at the Roling home on LaFevre Street. The bride appears as Jean in this report and Jeanne in her father\u2019s later obituary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rita-wedding-1949\">Rita\u2019s autumn wedding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rita Roling married Maurice Tebbe in October 1949. Carol Sue, Patricia Monnig, James Monnig and Robert Roling were among the attendants, bringing familiar family names into another wedding account. The newspaper calls the church St. John\u2019s in Salisbury; that wording is retained here rather than quietly changed to St. Joseph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"carol-wedding-1953\">Carol and a Navy leave<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carol Sue, described as Joe\u2019s youngest daughter, married Victor Jarvis at St. Joseph in August 1953. She had been working at the Roling firm on West Second Street. Their first plans reflected Victor\u2019s Navy service: he would return to duty near Washington after his leave, while Carol would remain in Salisbury. Dinner and a reception were held at the family home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"carol-childhood-sled-photo\"><strong>Related childhood photograph:<\/strong> The reverse of a <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1552#family-photo-715\">sledding photograph naming Jim, Bob and Carol<\/a> names Jim Widmer, Bob Roling and Carol Roling. Its partly obscured date begins \u201cFeb. 194\u201d; the last year digit is unreadable. Individual positions and location are unconfirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Sources for this story<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Moberly Monitor-Index and Moberly Evening Democrat<\/em>: May 28, 1935, p. 3 (Ida Mae); February 21, 1939, p. 3 (Evelyn); April 16, 1942, p. 6 (Helen); February 13, 1947, p. 5 (Mildred); April 2, 1948, p. 2 (Jean); October 21, 1949, p. 4 (Rita); August 27, 1953, p. 4 (Carol); December 20, 1971, p. 2 (Joseph Henry Roling obituary and daughter identifications). Family-held newspaper screenshots; dates and pages follow the viewer headers. Original-page links have not yet been established.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"victor-bud-jarvis-basketball\">Bud Jarvis on the basketball court<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victor \u201cBud\u201d Jarvis carried his basketball experience from Salisbury into the Navy. A saved newspaper clipping reports that he was one of fifteen men chosen from four hundred who tried out for the Great Lakes station team. He played both guard and forward and had belonged to Salisbury High School\u2019s 1949\u201350 champion Panther team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clipping names his parents as Mr. and Mrs. Gail Jarvis. That parentage, together with his Navy service, strongly connects him to Carol Roling\u2019s husband in their 1953 wedding report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sources: \u201cMakes Basketball Team at Great Lakes,\u201d family-held newspaper clipping, page 1; its publication date and full newspaper heading are cropped. The visible heading is consistent with the Salisbury Press-Spectator. \u201cMiss Carol Roling, Victor Jarvis Are Wed in Salisbury,\u201d Moberly Monitor-Index and Moberly Evening Democrat, August 27, 1953, page 4.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dick-roling-school-engineering\">Dick\u2019s path from school to engineering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard \u201cDick\u201d Roling appears in the St. Joseph eighth-grade graduation list in May 1949. A few days later, another report records his First Class Scout rank and badges in pathfinding and first aid. Ten years on, the news was from the University of Missouri: in May 1959, Dick, identified as Joe Roling\u2019s son and a junior studying electrical engineering, received a $500 Westinghouse scholarship for his senior year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"dick-childhood-photo\"><strong>Related childhood photograph:<\/strong> A <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1553#family-photo-738\">photograph of three boys outdoors<\/a> has a reverse naming Dick Roling, Bob Roling and Jim Widmer. Their individual positions are not specified; date and place are unconfirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Sources for this story<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Moberly Monitor-Index and Moberly Evening Democrat<\/em>, May 31, 1949, p. 3; June 3, 1949, p. 9; May 8, 1959, p. 1. The 1949 graduation photograph shows the high-school group, not Richard Roling\u2019s eighth-grade class. The Scout report records First Class, not Eagle Scout.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"dick-roling-boys-state-1952\">\n<h3>Dick is chosen for Boys State<\/h3>\n<p>In May 1952, Dick Roling was one of two local high-school juniors chosen for Missouri Boys State. The newspaper called him \u201cDickie,\u201d identified him as a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roling, and placed him at St. Joseph High School. He and Bob Wright were selected on scholarship, character and other achievements, with the American Legion\u2019s Claude Duff Post 391 covering their expenses for the program scheduled at Kemper Military Academy in Boonville that June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cWright And Roling Picked To Attend Legion\u2019s Boy\u2019s State,\u201d <cite>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/cite>, May 23, 1952, page 1.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"family-topic-related\" aria-label=\"Related pages\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">\u2190 Roling family<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1510\">Roling stories<\/a><\/nav>\n\n\n<script>(function(){function revealTopicTarget(){var name;try{name=decodeURIComponent(window.location.hash.slice(1));}catch(e){return;}if(!name){return;}var target=document.getElementById(name);if(!target){return;}var node=target.parentElement;while(node){if(node.tagName==='DETAILS'){node.open=true;}node=node.parentElement;}}revealTopicTarget();window.addEventListener('hashchange',revealTopicTarget);})();<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Roling family \u203a Joe and Ida\u2019s children: sisters and Dick School, weddings and early careers in contemporary notices. 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