Obit
Boland, Robert W.
Robert W. Boland, 81, of East Carondelet, died September 16, 2004, in Belleville. 
He married Charlotte Boland nee Bush in 1947; she survives him. Mr. Boland 
was born July 22, 1923, in East Carondelet, the son of the late Oscar and Rosie 
Boland nee Miller. He is survived by his wife; son Darby Boland, of East Carondelet; 
grandchildren Breanne Boland and Nick Boland; brothers Jim Boland, of Ellis Grove, 
George (Goldie) Boland, of Millstadt, and Mandy Boland, of Washington; and 
other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters Nancy 
Meyer, Dorothy Hayes and Irene Boland; and brothers Clarence Boland, Willy 
Boland and Lefty Boland. Mr. Boland was a past member of St. Paul Lutheran 
Church in Columbia and Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Cahokia, where he 
was active with youth groups and church camps. He was a retired civil servant 
with the U.S. Army and Navy. He served in the Navy during World War II and 
the Korean War, and spent 20 years in the Naval Reserves. Visitation and funeral 
services were at Lawlor Funeral Home, Rev. Ed Melchior officiating. He is buried 
at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Memorials may be made to 
Hospice of Southern Illinois or St. Paul Lutheran Church in Columbia.