Don Bliss "Pops" Drollinger
1929 - 2010 (81 years)
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Name Don Bliss "Pops" Drollinger Birth 4 May 1929 Roosevelt, Duchesne, UT 
Gender Male Death 7 Sep 2010 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT - Don Bliss Drollinger "Pops" 1929 ~ 2010 Don peacefully passed away September 7, 2010 surrounded by his family. It has been quite a journey. He has returned to his Heavenly Father and sweetheart Verna. What a joyous reunion it must have been. Don was born May 4, 1929 to Allan and Nancy Drollinger in Roosevelt, Utah. He had great love and respect for his family especially his mother. He was the second youngest of 13 children. He remained very close to his brothers and sisters. Don married Verna M. Shipley in 1951 and set roots down in the Salt Lake Valley. He worked for Hinckley Dodge over 40 years until his retirement in 1990. He loved the Hinckley family and appreciated the years he spent with them. Don loved a good day of hard work and knew the meaning of a hard day's work. He tried to instill those values in his children and grandchildren. He was a perfectionist in all he did. A job worth doing is a job worth doing well. He loved to tinker and project. Give him a night's rest to think something over and he could fix or invent just about anything. Don loved his family and cherished his grandkids. He would do any and everything for his family. He was a very generous loving and caring individual. Don is survived by his daughter Judie (Robert) Golightly and a son Michael Drollinger. His brother Dee (Gwen) Drollinger; sister Velma Dart; sister Pearl (Ken) Workman; four grandchildren Dawn (Adam) Davis, Jennifer (Zane) Tyson, Derek R. Golightly, Austin J. (A.J.) Golightly and two great-grand-children Madison L. Davis, Heidi M. Davis. He is preceded in death by his parents; nine siblings and his wife Verna. Don had made the decision to donate his body to the University of Utah Body Donor Program. He hopes to make a difference in other people's lives through donation and medical research. The family also wants to thank the wonderful nurses and staff at Hearts for Hospice and Home Health. A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. in the LDS chapel located at 9475 N Mustang Way, Eagle Mountain, Utah. You are invited to share memories with family and friends from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. before the memorial service.
Published in Salt Lake Tribune from September 9 to September 10, 2010
Body donated to medical science
Specifically: University of Utah Body Donor
Social Security Death Index
Name: Don Bliss Drollinger
SSN: 528-36-2461
Last Residence: 84005 Alpine, Utah, Utah
Born: 4 May 1929
Died: 7 Sep 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Utah (Before 1951)
Person ID I5932 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 25 May 2017
Father Allan Elmer Drollinger, b. 4 Feb 1888, Payson, Utah, UT d. 27 Aug 1949, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT (Age 61 years) Mother Nancy Elizabeth Stone, b. 16 Aug 1889, Salem, Utah, UT d. 11 Nov 1976, Roosevelt, Duchesne, UT (Age 87 years) Family ID F1996 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Verna Mae Shipley, b. 27 Sep 1930, Oak City, Millard, UT d. 1 Jan 2008, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT (Age 77 years) Marriage 16 Apr 1951 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT - Utah, U.S., Select Marriage Index
Name: Don Bliss Drollinger
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 16 Apr 1951
Marriage Place: Salt Lake, UT, USA
Spouse: Verna Mae Shipley
Spouse Gender: Female
Certificate Number: A123544
Children 1. Michael Bliss Drollinger 2. Judie Drollinger Family ID F2966 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Jan 2021
- Don Bliss Drollinger "Pops" 1929 ~ 2010 Don peacefully passed away September 7, 2010 surrounded by his family. It has been quite a journey. He has returned to his Heavenly Father and sweetheart Verna. What a joyous reunion it must have been. Don was born May 4, 1929 to Allan and Nancy Drollinger in Roosevelt, Utah. He had great love and respect for his family especially his mother. He was the second youngest of 13 children. He remained very close to his brothers and sisters. Don married Verna M. Shipley in 1951 and set roots down in the Salt Lake Valley. He worked for Hinckley Dodge over 40 years until his retirement in 1990. He loved the Hinckley family and appreciated the years he spent with them. Don loved a good day of hard work and knew the meaning of a hard day's work. He tried to instill those values in his children and grandchildren. He was a perfectionist in all he did. A job worth doing is a job worth doing well. He loved to tinker and project. Give him a night's rest to think something over and he could fix or invent just about anything. Don loved his family and cherished his grandkids. He would do any and everything for his family. He was a very generous loving and caring individual. Don is survived by his daughter Judie (Robert) Golightly and a son Michael Drollinger. His brother Dee (Gwen) Drollinger; sister Velma Dart; sister Pearl (Ken) Workman; four grandchildren Dawn (Adam) Davis, Jennifer (Zane) Tyson, Derek R. Golightly, Austin J. (A.J.) Golightly and two great-grand-children Madison L. Davis, Heidi M. Davis. He is preceded in death by his parents; nine siblings and his wife Verna. Don had made the decision to donate his body to the University of Utah Body Donor Program. He hopes to make a difference in other people's lives through donation and medical research. The family also wants to thank the wonderful nurses and staff at Hearts for Hospice and Home Health. A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. in the LDS chapel located at 9475 N Mustang Way, Eagle Mountain, Utah. You are invited to share memories with family and friends from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. before the memorial service.
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Event Map 
Birth - 4 May 1929 - Roosevelt, Duchesne, UT 
Marriage - 16 Apr 1951 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT Death - 7 Sep 2010 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 
The Allan and Nancy Drollinger Family
Front left: Fred, Don
Back left: Velma, Cliff, Helen, Allan, Nancy, Emma, Glen, Pearl, Ardy
Allan Elmer Drollinger and sons
Left: Allan, Cliff, Glen, Don, Fred
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Notes - According to Verna (wife of Don), Don has done some Drollinger genealogy. He has also written a book titled, "Stones of Surry".