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Sep 2, 1981 - Mar 5, 2019 (Age 37)
My deepest sympathies to your family, Holli. I don´t know you but last week, I picked your Christmas Star ornament to hang on the Christmas tree to honor all the Fallen Heroes of Gold Star Families at the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington, IL. The annual event has been organized by Frances Maddox, whose son, Sgt. Anthony Maddox also perished while in deployment. Thank you for your service and rest in peace.
Feli
November 24, 2023 | Other
So sorry for your family's loss, your sacrifices are appreciated ... I'm just a fellow Illinoisan. Sincere Condolences.
Reginald Lawrence
April 07, 2019 | Chicago, IL
I didn't know her, but I 'Thank her for service. We will miss her as our Country mourns a precious gift from God. Prayers and thoughts to the family.
God bless ,
Phyllis Robinson
2145 N Dixie Hwy Lot 98
Lima, Ohio 45801
Phyllis
April 07, 2019 | Lima, OH | Friend
Prayer Shawls 4 Fallen Soldiers ([email protected]) is an organization (formed 2009) with groups throughout the country who work to send handmade prayer shawls and/or lap robes to families who have lost a loved one while serving our country. Members of Trindle Spring Lutheran Church of Mechanicsburg, PA would like to extend our sincere sympathy and to honor your loved ones sacrifice and memory by sending our prayers and comfort through a prayer gift. If you are interested, please contact me...
Lynne Niebert
March 31, 2019 | Mechanicsburg, PA | Friend
Thank you very much for your sacrifice Sgt Holli, you all dont know me but my child Cara was very close to spec Johnson, who died with her! Just Thank your family and Jacksons family! Love always, Carolyn Fisher and family!
Carolyn Fisher
March 26, 2019 | Shelbyville, TN | Friend
Offering my thoughts, prayers, and condolences to the family and friends. RIP Shero, will never forget.
David Chaisson
March 25, 2019 | Welsh, LA
with sympathy and to family and friends
CW MARCINKOWSKI
March 25, 2019 | Little Rock, AR | Family
My condolences to the family. May God give you the courage and strength to endure.
1 Corinthians 1:3,4
Renee
March 23, 2019
Sending prayers to all of Holli's loved one. It was a pleasure getting to know Holli while she was stationed at Ft. Hood. I'm happy to see things got better for her and her babies. R.I.P. Battle you are truly missed.
Deyaketa Jefferson
March 23, 2019 | Copperas Cove, TX | Coworker
Sgt. Holli R. Bolinski, United States Army, age 37, of Pinckneyville, IL, passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 while serving her country in Kuwait.
Holli was born on September 2, 1981 in Pinckneyville, IL, a daughter of Janie (Lee) Sroka-Meier. She married Robert M. Bolinski on November 4, 2017 in St. Bruno Catholic Church, Pinckneyville, IL and he survives. Holli was a sergeant in the United States Army, 657th Transportation Company, 419th Transportation Batallion, 103rd Sustainment Command, Mt. Vernon, IL, where she worked as a unit administrator. She was a loving wife and mother and was always on the go. Holli loved crocheting, being outdoors, cutting the grass, cleaning her cars and gardening (especially her roses). She was a member of St. Bruno Catholic Church, Pinckneyville, IL.
Survivors include her husband, Robert M. Bolinski of Pinckneyville, IL; her five children, Kendal Woodside, Kamden Woodside, Bryson Shearer, Hayden Shearer and Eva Shearer; her mother, Janie (Richard) Meier of Fort Myers, FL; her father-in-law, Robert J. Bolinski of Pinckneyville, IL; her maternal grandparents, Ronnie and Kitten Lee of Tamaroa, IL; her siblings, Graci (Eric) Crawley of Pinckneyville, IL, James (Abby) Sroka of DuQuoin, IL and Mendi Sroka (Josh Compton) of Pinckneyville, IL; her sister-in-law, Jayette (Chris) Miller of Springfield, IL; her brother-in-law, Jake (Rebecca) Bolinski of Pinckneyville, IL; eight nieces and nephews, Matthew and Henry Miller, Ian and Kalen Crawley, Lincoln Sroka, Cruz Abel, and Litian and Faith Compton; special friends, Amy and Matt Fraembs, Wendy and Sean Rick, and Sgt. Sami Gorman; and numerous aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends. She will be dearly missed by all of her friends and military family of the 657th.
She was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother, Virginia Sroka.
A mass of Christian burial will be held at St. Bruno Catholic Church, Pinckneyville, IL on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. with Father Augustine Ibezimako, Father Jim Nall and Father John Iffert officiating. Interment will be held in St. Bruno Catholic Cemetery, Pinckneyville, IL. Military graveside rites will be conducted by Presswood-Daffron American Legion Post #2504 and the United States Army.
Visitation will be held at St. Bruno Catholic Church, Pinckneyville, IL on Wednesday from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and again on Thursday from 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. The Rosary will be recited at the church on Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
Memorials may be made to the Sgt. Holli R. Bolinski Scholarship Fund, St. Bruno Catholic Cemetery or the Catholic Daughters of America.
Pyatt Funeral Home, Pinckneyville, IL has been entrusted with arrangements.
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