NORTH MANCHESTER – Harold H.A. Bolinger, 85, of North Manchester, died at 5:20 p.m. Sept. 17, 2011, in Wabash County Hospital.
He was born Feb. 23, 1926, in Kosciusko County, to Alvin A. and Orpha A. Weller Bolinger. On June 4, 1950, he married Rosemary Brubaker, who survives.
He worked with his father at Bolinger Farm Implement Store, North Manchester. He also farmed with his father for several years. He owned Bolinger Furniture Store, North Manchester, for 30 years. He graduated in 1944 from Chester High School, where he was a charter member of Future Farmers of America. He raised registered shorthorn cattle, cheviot sheep and several purebreed breeds of rabbits. He was a Sunday school teacher and deacon at West Manchester Church of the Brethren and Eel River Community Church of the Brethren. He was a 50-year member of Gideons International. He and his wife often sang together for numerous occasions, and he sang with the Chain-O-Lakes Barber Shop Chorus for 40 years and with the River City Gospel Choir.
Also surviving are two sons, Jeffrey L. (and spouse Judy) Bolinger, Thorntown, and Jerry K. (and spouse Mary) Bolinger, North Manchester; a daughter, Cheryl D. (and spouse Kevin) McKirnan, Celina, Ohio; a brother, Ralph (and spouse Gloria) Bolinger, North Manchester; a sister, Phyllis (and spouse Earl) Montel, North Manchester; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Eel River Community Church of the Brethren, Silver Lake, with the Revs. Paul Tinkel and Jack Carey officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester.
Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at McKee Mortuary, North Manchester, and one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the church. ***** Memorials may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 140800, Nashville, TN 37214 or The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 941 E. 86th. St., Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46240.
