Barbara Bolin

Barbara Bolin obituary, Columbus, OH

Barbara Bolin

Barbara Bolin Obituary

Visit the Shaw-Davis Funeral Homes & Cremation Services - Clintonville Chapel website to view the full obituary.

Barbara (Tague) Bolin, 78, of Columbus, passed away on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 at Grant. Barbara was born on November 26th, 1946 at Mount Carmel West Hospital in Columbus, Ohio to the late Anne (Schlaechter) and Clyde Tague.

She is preceded in death by late husband John Joseph Bolin and daughter Laura Stepp, sisters Mary Seymour, Alice Clarke, Theresa Young, and Judy Sebring.

Barbara is survived by children Marianne (David) Fletcher, Joe Bolin, and Christopher Bolin. Grandchildren; Steven Fletcher, Timothy Fletcher, Nicholas Fletcher, Amber (Anselmo) Garcia, Aleshia (Allyn) Bailey, Leslie (Christopher) Vale, Joshua (Karina) Timson, Tracy Exline and Johnny Bolin; brother Daniel (Joyce) Tague; sisters, Margie (John) Tague and Martha (Paul) Calhoun as well as several great and great-great grandchildren.

Barbara was a devoted Catholic and a dedicated public servant, retiring from the State of Ohio after thirty years of faithful service.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made in Barbs’s memory with the Dementia Society.

Barbara will be cremated and laid to rest at the Resurrection Cemetery, 9571 Columbus Pike, Lewis Center, Ohio 43035, with her mother and father, Anne and Clyde Tague following prayer services. Services will be held on May 3rd, 2025 at St. Josephine Bakhita Catholic Church, 6077 Sharon Woods Blvd, Columbus, Ohio 43229. Services will begin precisely at 10:30 AM, church will open at 9:30 AM.

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