Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Family Group SheetHUSBAND | Arlie Robert BOLERJACK-B2E2H2A | BIRTH | 24 March 1913 | He was premature and nearly died of whooping cough when he was a few weeks old.; Norris City, White, Illinois, United States | OCCUPATION | | As his folks moved several times while he was in school, he dropped out because he kept losing credits with each move and times were hard. He worked shining shoes in a barber shop, in a restaurant and in the brick yard with his father.; | CENSUS | 1940 | Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | ILLNESS | May 1945 | He developed bulbar polio. After nearly dying, he struggled back to relearn all the skills that he had lost during his near total paralysis, in spite of the doctor's claims that he would never walk or talk again.; | CENSUS | 1950 | Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States | OCCUPATION | | Through the years, he tuned pianos for many big band leaders and vocalist, including Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Lilly Ponds, Roberta Peters, and Benny Goodman.; California, United States | DEATH | 17 February 1992 | Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | BURIAL | | Sunset Memorial Park, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | REF # | | B2E2H2A; | MARRIAGE | 27 March 1937 | While working as a clerk and stock boy at Rife & West's Grocery Store, he started dating his future bride, waiting to see her as she walked past the store on her way home from school.; Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | FATHER | Otto Virgil BOLERJACK-B2E2H2 | MOTHER | Lula May JOHNSON-B2E2H2/W/ | | WIFE | Josephine HENTHORN-B2E2H2A/W/ | BIRTH | 2 July 1918 | Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | DEATH | 23 April 2015 | | BURIAL | | | REF # | | B2E2H2A/W/; | FATHER | Isaac William HENTHORN | MOTHER | Mary Edith GILLILAND |
| CHILDREN | 1. | Living MALE |
| 2. | John David BOLERJACK-B2E2H2A2 MALE | | BIRTH | 15 September 1947 | Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States | DEATH | 10 April 2021 | Melissa, Collin, Texas, United States | REF # | | B2E2H2A2; | BURIAL | | | MARRIAGE | 25 May 1983 | Rutherford, Gibson, Tennessee, United States | MARRIAGE | 11 December 1971 | Georgia, United States |
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