Roland “Rollie” Thieling, 91 of Prior Lake, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 at McKenna Crossing in Prior Lake.
He was born Feb. 2, 1920 in St. Paul, MN. Rollie enlisted in the Army Air Corp following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Serving in the Pacific until the end of World War II, he fought in the battle of Guadalcanal. Returning home he married Harriet Gilbertson Aug. 7, 1945 at St. John Lutheran Church in Lakeville. He and Harriet operated Prior Lake Electric from 1945-1973. They also operated the Prior Lake Bowling Alley from 1955-1965. After retiring in 1973, Rollie worked in real estate andtree farming, still working on the farm at age 91.
Loved and forever missed by his wife of 66 years, Harriet
Thieling; daughters, Barbara Siekmann of Savage and Joni
Thieling of Port St. Lucie, FL; son, Robert Thieling of Port
St. Lucie, FL; grandchildren, Carrie (Trent) Voth, Becky
(Brian) Durham; great-grandchildren, Tessa and Trevor
Voth. Preceded by his parents; brothers, Lyle and Stanley Thieling.
Visitation will be held Sunday, Oct. 30 from 4-7 p.m. at
Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home, Prior Lake and also one
hour prior the service at church on Monday. The Rev. John
P. Vaughn will officiate.
Celebration of Life Service will be Monday, Oct. 31, 10:30
a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Prior Lake. Rollie’s
final resting place will be St. Paul’s Cemetery. Military honors
will be provided by the Prior Lake Honor Guard.
