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Submitted: 6/24/21 • Approved: 6/27/21 • Last Updated: 6/30/21 • R827573-G827572-S3
November 7, 1906 - August 17, 2003
Mrs. Beatrice Petty Bolin, 96, Springfield, passed away at 12:25 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003, in Springfield Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Mrs. Bolin was born Nov. 7, 1906 in Noel, MO to Henry Washington and Ruhama Lee (LaGrande) Petty. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Beatrice graduated from Stephens College, Columbia, MO. She received her bachelor's degree from Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College, Springfield, MO, and received her master's degree from Columbia University, New York, NY. Mrs. Bolin worked as a teacher and principal in the Springfield Public Schools until she retired in 1973. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Johnson of Palatine, IL; her two granddaughters, Amy Ann Bank and her husband Warren of Scottsdale, AZ, and Susan Gayle Halligan and her husband Tim of Westlake Village, CA; and her two great-granddaughters, Jennifer Patricia and Anna Kathryn Halligan of Westlake Village, CA. Memorial graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, August 21, 2003, in Petty Cemetery in Noel, MO, with Mother Barbara Beam officiating.
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