{"id":1533,"date":"2026-10-31T17:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1533"},"modified":"2026-10-31T21:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:59:08","slug":"child-dan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1533","title":{"rendered":"Dan Roling"},"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 Dan Roling<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">School years, milestones and family stories, with the original sources and qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dan-roling\">Dan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dan-pamela-thanksgiving-wedding-1977\">A Thanksgiving wedding for Dan and Pamela<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanksgiving brought a wedding as well as a family gathering in 1977. Dan Roling married Pamela Louise Henke at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with Father Don Lammers performing the ten-thirty ceremony. David stood as a groomsman, Ronnie served as an usher, and Timmy Roling was the ring bearer. Paula Henke was the flower girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About three hundred guests attended the reception at St. Joseph Catholic School, with friends of the families helping. Dan and Pamela then took a wedding trip to South Dakota. The newspaper described Pamela as a 1977 Salisbury High School graduate working at Merchants and Farmers Bank, and Dan as a 1975 graduate who was farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cMiss Henke, Mr. Roling married Thanksgiving Day,\u201d <cite>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/cite>, December 8, 1977, page 7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1365744519\/\">Original newspaper page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"dan-pam-family-home-photo\"><strong>Related family photograph:<\/strong> A <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1556#family-photo-785\">photograph of Joe and Ida Roling\u2019s LeFevre Street home in Salisbury<\/a> identifies it as later owned by Dan and Pam Roling. The photograph\u2019s date is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dan-greg-senior-portraits-1975\">Dan and Greg in the senior portraits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newspaper\u2019s May 15, 1975 senior-portrait page brings together two familiar faces: Dan Roling and Greg Asbury. Greg is the second portrait in the top row; Dan is the first portrait in the fifth row. Each is identified by the printed name beneath his photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The page announced commencement for eight o\u2019clock on May 20. Two years later, Greg would <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1534#betty-greg-wedding-1977\">marry Dan\u2019s sister Betty<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Senior portraits and commencement announcement, <cite>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/cite>, May 15, 1975, page 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1362078642\/\">Original newspaper page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-senior-portraits-newspaper-page-May-15-1975-scaled.png\" alt=\"Full 1975 senior-portrait newspaper page, with Greg Asbury named beneath the second photograph in the top row and Dan Roling beneath the first photograph in the fifth row.\" class=\"wp-image-1238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-senior-portraits-newspaper-page-May-15-1975-scaled.png 1978w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-senior-portraits-newspaper-page-May-15-1975-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-senior-portraits-newspaper-page-May-15-1975-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-senior-portraits-newspaper-page-May-15-1975-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-senior-portraits-newspaper-page-May-15-1975-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-senior-portraits-newspaper-page-May-15-1975-1583x2048.png 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-senior-portraits-newspaper-page-May-15-1975.png\">Open the full-resolution newspaper page<\/a>. This is a faithful full-page reproduction of the original PDF, preserved in the family archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dan-roling-jaycees-22-points-1975\">Twenty-two points for the Jaycees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dan had a good game on the basketball court in a February 1975 men\u2019s league report. He led the Jaycees with twenty-two points in their 73\u201339 win over C.Y.O.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cPenn Packers Lead League With Perfect Record,\u201d <cite>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/cite>, February 13, 1975, page 4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1362077131\/\">Original newspaper page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"dan-greg-ffa-greenhand-1971\">\n<h3>Dan and Greg join FFA<\/h3>\n<p>Dan and Greg Asbury received the Greenhand Degree in 1971 as part of a group of 26 vocational-agriculture students joining the Salisbury FFA Chapter. The newspaper pictured them together in the front row. Greg would <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1534#betty-greg-wedding-1977\">marry Betty in 1977<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cReceived Degree,\u201d <cite>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/cite>, October 7, 1971, page 13.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"941\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-Salisbury-FFA-Greenhand-Degree-recipients-1971.png\" alt=\"Newspaper photograph of Salisbury FFA Greenhand Degree recipients. Its caption identifies Greg Asbury second and Dan Roling third from the left in the front row.\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-Salisbury-FFA-Greenhand-Degree-recipients-1971.png 540w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-Salisbury-FFA-Greenhand-Degree-recipients-1971-172x300.png 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The printed caption identifies Greg second and Dan third from the left in the front row. <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greg-\u2014-Salisbury-FFA-Greenhand-Degree-recipients-1971.png\">Open the original newspaper clipping<\/a>. They later appeared together on the <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1533#dan-greg-honor-roll-1975\">1975 honor roll<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"dan-two-mile-track-1972\">\n<h3>Dan on the track<\/h3>\n<p>Dan placed third in the two-mile race at a meet in Centralia on March 21, 1972. His points helped the Salisbury Panthers finish second overall in the three-school meet with Centralia and Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> Paul Sturm, \u201cSports,\u201d <cite>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/cite>, March 30, 1972, page 5.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"dan-first-communion-1964\">\n<h3>Dan\u2019s First Communion<\/h3>\n<p>Dan was one of 23 children who received First Communion at St. Joseph parish on May 10, 1964. The newspaper listed him among the children taking part in the seven o\u2019clock Mass that Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cTwenty-Three Children Take First Communion,\u201d <cite>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/cite>, May 15, 1964, page 6.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"dan-greg-honor-roll-1975\">\n<h3>Dan and a future brother-in-law on the honor roll<\/h3>\n<p>Dan made Salisbury High School\u2019s third-quarter honor roll as a senior in 1975. Another senior on the same list was Greg Asbury, who would <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1534#betty-greg-wedding-1977\">marry Betty two years later<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cHonor roll listed for third quarter,\u201d <cite>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/cite>, April 10, 1975, page 4; Betty and Greg\u2019s wedding report, September 8, 1977, page 7.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"dan-roling-riptide-rescue\"><h3>Dan helps bring a father and son to safety<\/h3><p>A day on the North Carolina coast became a rescue story when Dan Roling and John Fuemmeler helped save Chaplain Rod Stilwell and his son Joe from a riptide. The newspaper clipping calls it \u201cLocal men save two people along east coast.\u201d<\/p><p>Betsy S. Humphries of Sumter, South Carolina, sent photographs and a note to the <em>Press-Spectator<\/em> thanking the two men. The visible article gives June 26 as the day of the rescue; the year is not shown.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"max-width:720px;margin:24px auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-Roling-and-John-Fuemmeler-\u2014-North-Carolina-riptide-rescue-clipping.jpg\" style=\"display:block;position:relative;aspect-ratio:4\/3;overflow:hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-Roling-and-John-Fuemmeler-\u2014-North-Carolina-riptide-rescue-clipping.jpg\" alt=\"Newspaper clipping headed Local men save two people along east coast, including the captioned rescue photograph.\" class=\"wp-image-1146\" width=\"1206\" height=\"1608\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;left:50%;top:50%;width:75%;max-width:none;height:auto;transform:translate(-50%,-50%) rotate(-90deg)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-Roling-and-John-Fuemmeler-\u2014-North-Carolina-riptide-rescue-clipping.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-Roling-and-John-Fuemmeler-\u2014-North-Carolina-riptide-rescue-clipping-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-Roling-and-John-Fuemmeler-\u2014-North-Carolina-riptide-rescue-clipping-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-Roling-and-John-Fuemmeler-\u2014-North-Carolina-riptide-rescue-clipping-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1206px) 100vw, 1206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Fuemmeler at left and Dan Roling at right, with Chaplain Rod Stilwell and his son Joe in the center, as identified in the newspaper caption. The rescue took place June 26; the year is not visible. <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-Roling-and-John-Fuemmeler-\u2014-North-Carolina-riptide-rescue-clipping.jpg\">Open the original photograph<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/section>\n\n\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=985\">All nine children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1541\">Shared family photographs and records<\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Roling family \u203a Dan Roling School years, milestones and family stories, with the original sources and qualifications. Dan A Thanksgiving wedding for Dan and Pamela Thanksgiving brought a wedding as well as a family gathering in 1977. 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