Tuesday, July 31, 2007

ANOTHER WARM AND DRY DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.

FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN, MAYOR AND BUSINESSMAN, JIM BOLLMAN, AGE 51, DIED SUNDAY EVENING OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK AT HIS HOME IN INDEPENDENCE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT 1:30 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS. FRIENDS MAY CALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE TURNBULL FUNERAL HOME IN THAT CITY. HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA TO BE MANAGER OF THE PAMIDA STORE. LATER, OWNED JIM'S TRUE VALUE HARDWARE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HE CURRENTLY WAS EMPLOYED IN STORE-DEVELOPMENT FOR SPAHN AND ROSE LUMBER OUT OF DUBUQUE.
HE WAS A MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN FROM 1996 TO 1999 AND AGAIN
FROM 2001 TO 2003. HE SERVED A SHORT TIME AS MAYOR IN 1993. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB AND SERVED AS A LT.
GOVERNOR. ALSO AS A SOFTBALL COACH IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY:
TWO DAUGTHERS, EMILY BOLLMAN OF BOSTON, AND AMANDA BOLLMAN OF MILWAUKEE. ONE SON, MATT OF MAQUOKETA. HIS MOTHER IN MONMOUTH AND ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER.

THAT ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. NOT MUCH MAQUOKETA NEWS.

DENNIS VOY