Services for Rollie Haar, 81, Aberdeen, will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 16, at New Life Fellowship with Pastor Rodney Johnson officiating. Burial at Riverside Memorial Park with military honors by Sidney L. Smith American Legion Post 24. Rollie died Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Gettysburg.
Visitation will be held 1-7, Wednesday, with a prayer service at 7 at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., Aberdeen.
Rollie James Haar was born on July 12, 1931, in Bowdle to John and Katherine (Zeeb) Haar. On Feb. 1, 1951, he married Betty Jean Stephan at Tolstoy. He entered the U.S. Army on Aug. 20, 1952, and was honorably discharged on Aug. 4, 1954. In 1958, they owned and operated the Phillip 66 station and in 1966, owned and operated Rollie's Oil Company until 1981, when they sold the business. In 1982, they started a dairy business on the family farm near Westport. They moved to Aberdeen in 1994. Betty died on Nov. 5, 2005, in Aberdeen. He continued to make Aberdeen his home and six years ago, he met his fiancé Janet Olson. Currently, he was working part time on a bulk postal route to Gettysburg.
Rollie loved spending time with his family and especially his grandchildren. He enjoyed playing cards, bingo, puzzles, farming and working with cattle.
Grateful for having shared Rollie's life are his fiancé, Janet Olson, Aberdeen; children: Clarene "Punk" (Leonard) Stern, Aberdeen, Lori (John) Atanasu, North Platte, Neb., Candy Gauer (Scott Bender), Aberdeen, Bubby (Lana) Haar, Westport; grandchildren: Nicholas (Jessica), Andrew (Amy), Anthony (Kelsey), Somer, Angela (Jerry), Joshua, Jade, Jared (Ashley), Robert (Lorrie), Amanda (Francisco), Nathan, Katherine, Chance (Stacey) and Chase; great-grandchildren: Amelia, Jenna, Aiden, Kylie, Hayley, Kyler, Adalyn, Mason, Camryn, Tyanne and Dusty; siblings: Martha Huber, Clifton Seidel, Marlene (Ernest) Steinbeck, the Rev. Howard (Ruby) Haar; and sister-in-law, LeNora Ford.
Rollie is preceded in death by his wife, Betty; daughter, Roxie; parents, John and Katherine; siblings: Oscar Haar, Emil Haar, Esther Huber, Edward Haar, Bernice Wilder and Florence Gerth.
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