Obit of Jearl Ernest Rolland (r453) - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 13 May 2002 Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Duncan Banner 13 May 2002 Jearl Ernest Rolland TECUMSEH — Jearl Ernest Rolland, 59, of Shawnee died Saturday, May 11, 2002, in Shawnee. Service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Cooper Funeral Home Chapel in Tecumseh. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park in Shawnee. Mr. Rolland was born Oct. 18, 1942, in Oklahoma City to Ernest and Oma Lee Rolland. He married Sandra Jo Kinsey on Jan. 10, 1969. Mr. Rolland graduated from Midwest City High School. He attended OBU where he earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science. He then earned a master’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in Business Administration. He worked at Tinker Air Force Base for 31 years, retiring as a personnel management specialist. After retiring, he was a substitute teacher at Gordon Cooper Technology Center. He served in the U.S. Army for three years, which included a tour in Vietnam. He was a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans, a perpetual member of Tecumseh Masonic Lodge, No. 69 AF & AM and McAlester Scottish Rite. He was a board member of Shawnee DeMolay and Rainbow Girls. Survivors include his parents, Ernest and Oma Lee Rolland of Comanche; his wife, Sandra, of the home; a daughter and son-in-law; Amber and Rusty Helms of Fort Bragg, N.C.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Gina and Jack Lokey of Comanche and Nancy and Bill Walker of Duncan; a brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Debbie Rolland of Choctaw; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harland and Vineta Kinsey of Tecumseh; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Stacy and Karen Kinsey of Tecumseh; two sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Sheila and Don Fink of Oklahoma City and Sherry and Roger George of Newalla; and two grandsons, Craig and Joshua Helms of Fort Bragg. He was preceded in death by a son, Brent Rolland. Memorial contributions may be made to the Tecumseh Masonic Lodge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html