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William S. Rollins

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William S. Rollins

Birth
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
26 Sep 2019 (aged 97)
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Strafford, Orange County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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Parents - Harold Eugene and Myrtle (Whitehouse) Rollins.

He was a resident of Portland Oregon at the time of his death

Graduated from Amsterdam (New York) High School in 1940 and from Bucknell University in 1943 (B.S.) and 1949 (M.A.). He went on to do graduate work, in history, at Princeton University.

Veteran -World War II, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps as a platoon leader in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, participating in the Okinawa campaign and the occupation of Japan and China.

Married Marilyn Tilden Mitchell (deceased 2006), in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1948

Over the years he was an analyst with the National Research Council in Washington, D.C., from 1951 to 1953; a financial manager with Allstate Insurance Co., working successively in Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago, until 1969; treasurer of the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs in Chicago for 3 years. After he and his family relocated to Waterbury Center, Vermont in 1972 he served as a business manager of the Washington West School District. In 1974 he became, in 1974, an analyst with the state of Vermont Department of Budget and Management until he retired in 1984

While living in Waterbury, he was a member of the town Budget Committee from 1975 to 1984 and the Planning Commission from 1984 to 1989. He was a volunteer with the municipal recycling program from 1988 to 1992.

He enjoyed painting and was a part of several solo and group shows. and also was active with the Art Resource Association and served as a volunteer with the T.W. Wood Art Gallery

He relocated to Portland, Oregon in 2008 to be closer to family.

Survived by a son and daughter-in-law and 2 granddaughters

(Information extracted from full obituary published in the Times Argus on October 19, 2019)
Parents - Harold Eugene and Myrtle (Whitehouse) Rollins.

He was a resident of Portland Oregon at the time of his death

Graduated from Amsterdam (New York) High School in 1940 and from Bucknell University in 1943 (B.S.) and 1949 (M.A.). He went on to do graduate work, in history, at Princeton University.

Veteran -World War II, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps as a platoon leader in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, participating in the Okinawa campaign and the occupation of Japan and China.

Married Marilyn Tilden Mitchell (deceased 2006), in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1948

Over the years he was an analyst with the National Research Council in Washington, D.C., from 1951 to 1953; a financial manager with Allstate Insurance Co., working successively in Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago, until 1969; treasurer of the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs in Chicago for 3 years. After he and his family relocated to Waterbury Center, Vermont in 1972 he served as a business manager of the Washington West School District. In 1974 he became, in 1974, an analyst with the state of Vermont Department of Budget and Management until he retired in 1984

While living in Waterbury, he was a member of the town Budget Committee from 1975 to 1984 and the Planning Commission from 1984 to 1989. He was a volunteer with the municipal recycling program from 1988 to 1992.

He enjoyed painting and was a part of several solo and group shows. and also was active with the Art Resource Association and served as a volunteer with the T.W. Wood Art Gallery

He relocated to Portland, Oregon in 2008 to be closer to family.

Survived by a son and daughter-in-law and 2 granddaughters

(Information extracted from full obituary published in the Times Argus on October 19, 2019)


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  • Created by: LJG
  • Added: Oct 19, 2019
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203964026/william_s-rollins: accessed ), memorial page for William S. Rollins (18 Apr 1922–26 Sep 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 203964026, citing Strafford Cemetery, Strafford, Orange County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by LJG (contributor 46868640).