Hollis, Robert              Troy Daily News  1933                         Company G   71^st OVI

Funeral services for Robert Hollis, Civil war veteran and retired printer, were conducted Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock in the Shilling & Son mortuary when an assembly of relatives and friends were in attendance.  Re. I.L. Dungan, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated at the services, reading from Scripture, quoting the hymn “Abide With Me” and paying and excellent tribute to Mr. Hollis as a soldier and as a man.

Mr. Hollis, who was 88 years of age, died Tuesday morning at the home of his niece, Mrs. Russel Geiger, on Pearson court, after having suffered an illness of only a week.  Bronchial pneumonia was assigned as the cause of his death.

Burial was made in Riverside cemetery with Carl Parker, Edward Hollis, Freeman Beanblossom, and Walter Sweet, the latter of Piqua, acting as pallbearers.

Attendants at the service from other vicinities included Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Hollis of Dayton, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hollis and five children, Edward, June, Doyle, Gerald and Junior Shearer, all of Bradford, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sweet and children, Bruce and Margaret Lee, of Piqua.

from Martin Stewart  Troy, Ohio   Author "Redemption The History of the 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War"   

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