{"id":985,"date":"2026-10-18T03:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=985"},"modified":"2026-10-18T04:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T04:45:06","slug":"bob-and-bridgets-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=985","title":{"rendered":"Bob and Bridget\u2019s Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">School years, milestones and personal stories of Bob and Bridget\u2019s nine children, arranged in birth order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<nav aria-label=\"Bob and Bridget\u2019s children\" style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,150px),1fr));gap:12px;margin:1.5rem 0 2rem\"><a href=\"#david-roling\" style=\"display:block;padding:12px 16px;border:1px solid #d8d2c5;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#fffdf9\">David<\/a><a href=\"#dan-roling\" style=\"display:block;padding:12px 16px;border:1px solid #d8d2c5;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#fffdf9\">Dan (Danny)<\/a><a href=\"#betty-roling\" style=\"display:block;padding:12px 16px;border:1px solid #d8d2c5;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#fffdf9\">Betty<\/a><a href=\"#ron-roling\" style=\"display:block;padding:12px 16px;border:1px solid #d8d2c5;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#fffdf9\">Ron<\/a><a href=\"#linda-roling\" style=\"display:block;padding:12px 16px;border:1px solid #d8d2c5;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#fffdf9\">Linda<\/a><a href=\"#jane-roling\" style=\"display:block;padding:12px 16px;border:1px solid #d8d2c5;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#fffdf9\">Jane<\/a><a href=\"#mike-roling\" style=\"display:block;padding:12px 16px;border:1px solid #d8d2c5;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#fffdf9\">Mike<\/a><a href=\"#mary-roling\" style=\"display:block;padding:12px 16px;border:1px solid #d8d2c5;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#fffdf9\">Mary<\/a><a href=\"#tim-roling\" style=\"display:block;padding:12px 16px;border:1px solid #d8d2c5;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#fffdf9\">Tim<\/a><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">Bob, Bridget and the earlier Roling family<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=19\">J.F. Roling &amp; Son<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=483\">Family Photos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"roling-college-years\">University yearbooks and a commencement program preserve a few details of Ron, Linda and Jane\u2019s college years. Read their accounts under <a href=\"#ron-roling-campus-leadership\">Ron<\/a>, <a href=\"#linda-roling-campus-organizations\">Linda<\/a> and <a href=\"#jane-roling-mizzou-commencement-1988\">Jane<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"david-roling\">David<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"david-roling-graduation-notice-1976\">1976 \u00b7 David Roling\u2019s planned college graduation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The May 13, 1976 newspaper announced that David Eugene Roling of Salisbury was expected to graduate from State Fair Community College in Sedalia on May 22 with an Associate of Arts degree. It identified his parents as Mr. and Mrs. Bob Roling. This advance announcement does not confirm that the degree was conferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cDavid Roling and Eric Farnen,\u201d <em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em>, May 13, 1976, page 7, as labeled in the newspaper viewer. Family-held screenshot; an exact original-page URL has not been established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David\u2019s part in the family business is covered in <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=19#later-business-ownership\">Later ownership<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=19#business-sydenstricker-announcement-2018\">2018 Sydenstricker announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dan-roling\">Dan (Danny)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=19#danny-roling-agribusiness-1975\">1975 account of Danny\u2019s SHS agribusiness placement at Roling Implement<\/a>, preserved with the family-business stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"betty-roling\">Betty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"betty-roling-softball-1974\">1974 \u00b7 Betty Roling at bat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The October 10 softball report credited Betty Roling with five hits in five at-bats in Salisbury\u2019s 19\u201310 junior-varsity win over Glasgow on September 26. In the B team\u2019s 25\u201315 win at Paris on October 1, she had four hits; the report gives no at-bat count for that performance. Its eight-game season records list Betty with 22 hits in 30 at-bats and a .733 average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Connie Fuemmeler, \u201cGlasgow &amp; Paris Games \/ Team Records\u201d, <em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em>, October 10, 1974, page 4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1362164435\/\">Read the original newspaper page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"betty-roling-bridal-shower-1977\">1977 \u00b7 A bridal shower for Betty Roling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The August 18 newspaper reported a bridal shower for Miss Betty Roling of Salisbury at Roanoke Union Church on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Bob Roling and Mary, Jane and Linda Roling were among the guests. The notice does not identify Betty\u2019s intended husband, give a wedding date or state those guests\u2019 relationships to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Family history identifies her future husband as Greg Asbury of Roanoke, Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cBridal Shower Honors Miss Betty Roling,\u201d <em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em>, August 18, 1977, page 7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1365742930\/\">Read the original newspaper page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Betty\u2019s work in the family business is recorded in the <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=19#later-business-ownership\">Later ownership<\/a> account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ron-roling\">Ron<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ron-roling-campus-leadership\">1984\u20131985 \u00b7 Ron in campus leadership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1985 <em>Rhetor<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> CMSU <em>Rhetor<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucmo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/view\/delivery\/01UCMO_INST\/1289931280005571\">1984, p. 83<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/ucmo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/view\/delivery\/01UCMO_INST\/1289778650005571\">1985, pp. 55, 196 and 214<\/a>. Family identification confirmed, October 2026; yearbook dates are not graduation dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family album preserves a photograph captioned <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=483#family-photo-726\">Ron\u2019s baptism, possibly 1962<\/a>; the other people and location remain unconfirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also the family-business accounts of <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=19#later-business-ownership\">David and Ron\u2019s ownership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=19#ron-roling-scholarship-luncheon-2010\">Ron at a 2010 agricultural scholarship luncheon<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=19#business-sydenstricker-announcement-2018\">2018 Sydenstricker announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"linda-roling\">Linda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"linda-roling-campus-organizations\">1984\u20131986 \u00b7 Linda\u2019s campus organizations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At CMSU, Linda Roling appears with Alpha Omicron Pi in the 1984 <em>Rhetor<\/em>. The next two yearbooks name her with Phi Beta Lambda, and the 1986 edition also places her with the American Marketing Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family confirms that Linda graduated from CMSU in Warrensburg. The <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=483#family-keepsakes\">family portrait caption<\/a> names her as Linda Roling Schaumburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> CMSU <em>Rhetor<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucmo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/view\/delivery\/01UCMO_INST\/1289931280005571\">1984, pp. 185\u2013186<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/ucmo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/view\/delivery\/01UCMO_INST\/1289778650005571\">1985, p. 283<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/ucmo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/view\/delivery\/01UCMO_INST\/1289930740005571\">1986, pp. 302 and 316<\/a>. Family identification and CMSU graduation confirmed, October 2026; exact graduation year and degree title remain unverified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"jane-roling\">Jane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"jane-roling-mizzou-commencement-1988\">1988 \u00b7 Jane in Mizzou\u2019s commencement program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jane Maria Roling is listed for a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration under Management \/ Personnel Management in the University of Missouri\u2013Columbia\u2019s program for its May 6, 1988 business-school ceremony. That year\u2019s <em>Savitar<\/em> lists Jane Roling among the seniors with \u201cManagement\u201d beside her name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/10355\/98044\">College of Business and Public Administration convocation, May 1988<\/a>, PDF pp. 1, 5 and 7; <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.missouri.edu\/node\/125512\"><em>Savitar<\/em>, 1988, printed p. 338<\/a>. Commencement listing; degree conferral has not been independently verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"jane-breen-leadership-columbia-2011\">2011 \u00b7 Jane Breen named to Leadership Columbia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its November 5, 2011 business roundup, the <em>Columbia Daily Tribune<\/em> listed Jane Breen of Shelter Insurance among the members of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce\u2019s 2011\u201312 Leadership Columbia program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> \u201cTop Drawer; Highlighting the New and Noteworthy,\u201d <em>Columbia Daily Tribune<\/em>, Saturday Business, November 5, 2011, page 6. <a href=\"https:\/\/insurancenewsnet.com\/oarticle\/TOP-DRAWER-HIGHLIGHTING-THE-NEW-AND-NOTEWORTHY-%5BColumbia-Daily-Tribune-MO-%5D-a-295871\">Read the syndicated text at InsuranceNewsNet<\/a>, published November 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mike-roling\">Mike<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Family history records Mike\u2019s full name as Michael John Roling. Family stories and records will be added here as they are documented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mary-roling\">Mary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=483#family-keepsakes\">family portrait caption<\/a> names Mary as Mary Roling Jolliffe. Family stories and records will be added here as they are documented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tim-roling\">Tim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Family stories and records will be added here as they are documented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"shared-family-records\">Shared family photographs and gatherings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=483#family-keepsakes\">family keepsakes collection<\/a> includes the shared Roling family portrait. The <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7#roling-family-reunion-1975\">1975 family reunion account<\/a> remains with the broader family story. The reunion report lists Ron as Ronnie and Tim as Timmy.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School years, milestones and personal stories of Bob and Bridget\u2019s nine children, arranged in birth order. DavidDan (Danny)BettyRonLindaJaneMikeMaryTim Bob, Bridget and the earlier Roling family \u00b7 J.F. Roling &amp; Son \u00b7 Family Photos University yearbooks and a commencement program preserve a few details of Ron, Linda and Jane\u2019s college years. 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