John William Roller

July 23, 1929 - August 3, 2018

John William “Bill” Roller, 89 of Edinburg passed away Friday, August 3, 2018 at Greenfield of Woodstock. Services will be Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at the funeral home. Pastor Elfie Finn-McKenzie will officiate. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. John was born July 23, 1929 in Providence Hospital in Washington DC. He was the son of the late Wellington and Bess Bauserman Roller. John Graduated from Edinburg High School in 1946. After graduating he was employed with VDOT as a bookkeeper and engineering aide. He was drafted into the Army on October 5, 1950 during the callup for the Korean War. After being honorably discharged from the Army, John graduated from Massanutten Military Academy in 1953. He later graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He was employed 30 years with Doubleday and Company, Inc. in Berryville. After his retirement from Doubleday, he worked 3 and a half years in the office of Irvin, Inc., In 1991 he fully retired and traveled the Western states over the next few years. He was treasurer of the Edinburg Heritage Foundation, Inc, treasurer of the Save the Edinburg Mill Project, Secretary of the Edinburg/Madison District Museum, member of the Edinburg Planning Commission, treasurer of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Chaplain of Hunter Lodge # 135 A.F. and A.M., Docent in the Edinburg/Madison District Museum, served in the Edinburg Visitors Center at the Mill, member of the Scottish Rite of Freemasons and a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. John is survived by 2 cousins, Charles Bauserman and wife Judy of Winchester and William Pfahl of Stephens City. Pallbearers will be the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The family will receive friends Tuesday, August 7, 2018 from 6-8 P.M. at the funeral home with a Masonic Service at 7. Arrangements are in the care of Dellinger Funeral Home in Woodstock.