Coles County IL Archives Obituaries.....Bolin, John Ephraim ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bev Dobbins bosartbev@aol.com June 1999 Obituary of John Ephraim BOLIN, Coles County, Illinois Name of Deceased: John Ephraim BOLIN Name of Newspaper: The Mattoon Journal-Gazette Date of Newspaper: 5 July 1921, Tuesday SUDDEN DEATH OF HUMBOLT CITIZEN Special to The Journal-Gazette Humbolt, Ill. July 5 John E. Bolin, a farmer whose property adjoins Humbolt on the West, dropped dead in front of his house at seven o'clock Monday evening. He had been in the best of health during the day, having been into the village a number of times. He had just returned from a trip to the village when he fell over and died without saying a word. Apoplexy is thought to have been the cause. Coroner Schilling of Mattoon is to hold an inquest late this afternoon. Mr. Bolin was sixty-four years of age. A widow, two sons, Merle and Frank, and a daughter, Miss Margaret living at home, survive him. Two brothers living in Sullivan, a brother, Roscoe Bolin, living in Broken Bow, Neb., and a sister at Princeton, Ind., also survive. Mr. Bolin was an elder of the Christian Church and one of the most faithful and active workers. Arrangements for the funeral will not be made until word has been received from his relatives living at a distance. The burial will take place at Jonathan Creek Cemetery, 14 miles west of Humbolt, where his parents and children are buried. http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/coles/obits/a-f/jebolin.txt