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| COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD WINNER ANNABEL BOLLINGER DIES
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| Annabel A. Bollinger, 69, 11, N. State St. North Warren, died at her residence on Saturday Feb. 4, 1984.
She had been ill since August, 1983. Born in Erie on June 14, 1914, a daughter of the late William G. and Mary Faustine McCarthy, she had
lived in North Warren since 1937 and was employed as a Social Worker.
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| She established the Warren Chapter of the Association for Retarded Citizens in the late 1950s and about
the same time, established Camp Cornplanter Inc., a residential summer camp specifically designed for the mentally retarded. At that time,
Camp Cornplanter was one of the first such facilities in this section of the country. She served as director of the camp from 1961-1976.
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| In the 1980s, she served on the early childhood development committee of the Department of Human Services
and helped most of the services available to retarded citizens of Warren and Forest counties.
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| On October 25, 1983, she became the 14th recipient of the annual Warren County Chamber of Commerce Community
Service Award.
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| She received a degree in social work from Villa Maria College in Erie and came to warren to work at the
Warren State Hospital. She was a member of St. Joseph's Church.
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| Surviving are her husband, Clifford C. Bollinger whom she married in Warren on June 18, 1938, two daughters,
Mrs. Karl (Toni) Carl, Clarion and Suzanne Rosendahl, Youngsville, two sons, Clifford (Bud) Bollinger, Warren, and William Bollinger, Clarion,
four grandchildren and a great grandson.
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| Friends will be received at the Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home. A Mass of the Resurrection will be held Tuesday
at 10:30 am at St. Joseph's Church, with Fr. Joseph Riccardo, associate pastor, celebrant. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. The family
suggests that memorials be made to the ARC Workshop Building Fund.
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| Annabel Bollinger's accomplishments with regard to the mentally retarded are fresh in the community's
consciousness. The North Warren resident received the Community Service Award of the Warren County Chamber of Commerce this year.
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| She operated from a premise that was revolutionary 30 years ago: retarded people are people first and
foremost. By caring for them, by making them better able to function in our community, we improve the quality of life for all of us.
Today, that premise seems self- evident. It seems so because Annabel and those who worked with her wouldn't rest until it became so.
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| She died Saturday after a hard bout with cancer. Her legacy includes group homes, a sheltered workshop,
Camp Cornplanter, and a dozen other programs and activities for the retarded. There’s more: there's the broad smile on the faces of our
retarded who have come to a fuller enjoyment of their citizenship - and the reflection of that smile in the rest of the community as we
recognize the special gifts of joy, and love, and a recognition of life’s proper priorities that these citizens bring to us.
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| Annabel Bollinger was the kind of wife, mother, neighbor, and concerned citizen that has made this country
great. She cared, and has worked to ease the cares of others. Her efforts made our community a better place in which to live.
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PRECEDING FROM THE WARREN TIMES OBSERVER February, 1984 SENT BY SUZANNE BOLLINGER HAUPIN
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