Dale K. Bolling

My mom was a multi-faceted person with a strong, good spirit. Others have noted her qualities of strength and direction. I remember her quest to find my husband's great-grandfather, Oldrich Farsky's, portrait of Abraham Lincoln, commissioned by Robert Todd Lincoln and also his portrait of General Sherman at the Chicago Public Library. She searched and inquired and spoke to people and took me to see the paintings on two separate occasions. The Lincoln painting was at Riverside-Brookfield High...

On behalf of my wife, Jeanne who predeceased Dale by a few months, I would like to say she loved her cousin and would be very sad if she were alive today. My deepest sympathy goes out to the family of Dale.

Paul Ombruni

I have been happy to know Dale, or Mrs. Bolling as I had called her up until I was fifty. When I last visited on a trip out to Chicago, Dale told me that I could call her Dale. I guess it was okay now to do so. I was just so used to saying Mrs. Bolling out of respect. Now that I was older, it was fine to call her Dale. It still felt funny though.We will miss her.

I fondly remember being at the back door, singing Yo OH Valerie, Yo Oh Claire, and Dale would come to the door and get Val or Claire for me.

I will never forget that.

I also will never forget how fit Dale was and her LOVE for tennis.

We will miss her.

My husband John bought the house next to Dale's in 1987. Dale and Hans were considerate neighbors with never a bad word about our young growing family and the situations that accompany one. Dale's love for Palmer School and North Mayfair were an inspiration to me as a young mother and community member. She will be missed.

We have been praying for this dear lady for years. Our hearts go out in deepest sympathy for Val and the rest of the family.

In His love and ours,

Scott and Anne Ney

Mom was not only a jewel in our family. She was in many ways the very HEART of our family -- infusing life into our aspirations and keeping us moving toward better things. Her favorite admonitions to all of us -- from young to old, all through our lives were: "Get moving! Keep moving! Onward and upward!" She kept after us to try hard -- and even harder yet -- to succeed in noble pursuits. This was the same standard that she held for herself.

She loved books and learning -- and...

I will always fondly remember Dale from my days with her as a fellow member of Nineteenth Church of Christ, Scientist. Always alive with fun and perpetually active.

Grandma was a jewel to our family; she was an inspiration and source of committment to doing what's right and honorable; also fun-loving, and a true Chicagoan!