{"id":1562,"date":"2026-10-31T17:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1562"},"modified":"2026-10-31T21:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:59:23","slug":"business-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1562","title":{"rendered":"Meet the people of the shop"},"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 Meet the people of the shop<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">Choose a short account of the people who kept the business working.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1553#family-photo-745\">View the 1987 staff photograph and family name key<\/a>.<\/p>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-menu\" aria-label=\"Choose a topic\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1559\"><strong>Bob and the next generation<\/strong><span>Bob and Ron in newspaper accounts.<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1560\"><strong>The 1967 staff profiles<\/strong><span>Seven employees, their work and staff appreciation.<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1561\"><strong>Edgar\u2019s steam engine<\/strong><span>A working model made at the shop.<\/span><\/a><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"business-people\">People of J.F. Roling &amp; Son<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=36\">Bob Roling\u2019s shop story<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1050\">the people named in the 1976 staff feature<\/a>. Names with a published story or personal page are linked below. Unlinked names do not yet have a separate profile here. Visitor contributions are not open yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1559#business-transition-1974\">Tony Morrison<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1561#edgar-linneman-steam-engine\">Edgar E. Linneman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1559#bob-roling-staff-profile-1967\">Bob Roling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1560#norman-mcfadden-staff-profile-1967\">Norman McFadden<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bob Oser<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1560#mary-etta-renne-staff-profile-1967\">Mary Etta Renne<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eunice Sanders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1560#kenneth-linneman-staff-profile-1967\">Kenneth Linneman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1560#business-staff-appreciation-1976\">Lois Weimer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1560#leroy-brown-staff-profile-1967\">Leroy Brown<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1532\">David Roling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deryl \/ Daryl Sanders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1560#raymond-morrison-staff-profile-1967\">Raymond Morrison<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1534\">Betty Roling Asbury<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"edwin-bliefnick-staff-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1560#edwin-bliefnick-staff-profile-1967\">Edwin C. Bliefnick<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Plans for employee stories and contributions<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planned employee section will give each person a separate place in the story. A profile can include a name, a role and years when supported, and a photograph when one is available and cleared for sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Memories will belong beneath the profile of the particular employee they describe. The planned contribution form will let former coworkers, family members, and others who knew that person send stories for review before publication. Recollections will identify their contributor when agreed, and contact emails will remain private.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"business-newspapers\">Newspaper and trade-press stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The preserved 75th-anniversary clipping announces weekly employee photographs and short profiles, followed by a company-history advertisement with old photographs near Salisbury\u2019s centennial pageant. The State Historical Society of Missouri\u2019s newspaper catalog lists <a href=\"https:\/\/files.shsmo.org\/newspapers\/counties\/chariton.pdf#page=31\">regular 1967 Salisbury Press-Spectator issues on reel 46407<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/files.shsmo.org\/newspapers\/counties\/chariton.pdf#page=33\">Centennial Issue dated November 1, 1967, on reel 56565<\/a>. These are leads for locating the series; the loose clipping\u2019s issue date and page remain unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contributors will be asked to identify the person or family, newspaper name, publication date, page number when known, and the source or link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An upload form is not available yet. Submissions will be reviewed for identification, privacy, and permission to share before publication. 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