{"id":56056,"date":"2014-09-26T09:11:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=56056"},"modified":"2014-09-26T09:11:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T14:11:10","slug":"john-j-bollenbacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/09\/26\/john-j-bollenbacher\/","title":{"rendered":"John J. Bollenbacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John J. \u201cJunior\u201d Bollenbacher, 89, of Willshire, died Thursday, September 25, 2014, at The Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford.<\/p>\n<p>He was born February 7, 1925, in Mercer County, the son of the late Theodore F. and Minnie L. (Brehm) Bollenbacher. He married Janice Bollenbacher, who survives in Willshire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/American-Flag-for-obituaries-6-2011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8711\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"American Flag for obituaries 6-2011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/American-Flag-for-obituaries-6-2011.jpg\" width=\"125\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a>Other survivors include a son, Ted (Sandee) Bollenbacher of Rockford; one daughter, Karen Casey of Columbus; two grandsons; and two great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>A sister, Leola Doner; one brother, Edgar Bollenbacher; and a son-in-law, John Casey, also preceded him in death.<\/p>\n<p><b>Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, September 29, at St. Paul\u2019s United Church of Christ in rural Rockford, with the Rev. Catherine Costello officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with graveside military honors provided the Willshire American Legion post.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Calling hours are from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday, September 28, at Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home in Rockford.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Preferred memorials: St. Paul\u2019s United Church of Christ or the Willshire Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences may be left at <a href=\"http:\/\/ketchamripley.com\">http:\/\/ketchamripley.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John J. \u201cJunior\u201d Bollenbacher, 89, of Willshire, died Thursday, September 25, 2014, at The Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford. He was born February 7, 1925, in Mercer County, the son of the late Theodore F. and Minnie L. (Brehm) Bollenbacher. He married Janice Bollenbacher, who survives in Willshire. Other survivors include a son, Ted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 16:31:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}