Obit: Rolland, Victor #2 (1924 - 2016)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Rolland, Finstead, Raether, Weisfeld, Webster, Weathers, Benson, Schmid, Wiebel, Hazelburg

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 4/20/2016

Rolland, Victor (7 April 1924 - 18 April 2016) With Flag

Victor Rolland, age 92, of Stanley, died Monday, April 18, 2016, at Country Terrace-Stanley, under the care of Heartland Hospice. He was born on April 7, 1924, to the late Severt and Agnes (Finstead) Rolland. Vic grew up in the Rice Lake area and entered the Navy during WWII. On June 21, 1947, he married Shirley Raether at Zion Lutheran Church in Gilman.

Vic farmed for a time, was a milk hauler, drove truck for Jim Berseth at the Stanley Corp and retired trucking millions of miles for Dart. He was a lifelong member of the American Legion, was a former member of the Silver Spur Club and had a passion for horses. Vic so enjoyed taking children for rides with the horses. He will be dearly missed by many.

He is survived by his son, Bruce Rolland of Thorp; Bonita (Steve) Weisfeld of Stanley; four grandchildren: Trevor Webster, Tracie Webster-Weathers, Tanner Webster and Roxanne Benson; nine great-grandchildren; his sister, Delores Schmid of Stoughton, WI; and two brothers: Gordon of St. Germain and Glen Rolland of Las Vegas, NV.

Victor is preceded in death by his wife (2011); his parents; brothers: Selmer, Severt Jr., Edgar; and sisters: Lillian Wiebel, Myrtle Hazelburg, and a sister in infancy.

A memorial service will be at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 22, 2016, at the Plombon Funeral Home in Stanley. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until time of service. Inurnment will follow in the East Side Cemetery, Thorp.