{"id":3253,"date":"2020-06-22T10:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T15:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2020-06-22T10:02:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T15:02:59","slug":"rolf-h-bortner-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/2020\/06\/22\/rolf-h-bortner-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolf H. Bortner ’66"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rolf Hedin Bortner, 72, died Sunday evening, June 14, 2020, at his son\u2019s home in Waymart, Pennsylvania. He was the husband of the late Catherine Ward Bortner who passed away January 25, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Huntington, Long Island, he was the son of the late Robert and Siv Hedin Bortner. He was a graduate of Williston Academy where he excelled in sports, especially soccer and lacrosse. He also attended Wesleyan University. He was a proud Navy Veteran who served in the Vietnam Conflict. He was employed as a grip for the labor union Local #52 IATSE for over forty years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolf enjoyed riding motorcycles and was an avid target shooter and gun collector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surviving are a son, Robert Bortner and his partner Brianna McAllister, and her daughter Hazel Blocker, of Waymart; a grandson, Rolf Bortner, of Waymart; a niece, Brook Bortner, of Ca.; and several other nieces and nephews on his wife\u2019s side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was preceded in death by his brother, Bret Bortner ’64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A private funeral service will be held at the convenience of the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rolf Hedin Bortner, 72, died Sunday evening, June 14, 2020, at his son\u2019s home in Waymart, Pennsylvania. He was the husband of the late Catherine Ward Bortner who passed away January 25, 2012. Born in Huntington, Long Island, he was the son of the late Robert and Siv Hedin Bortner. He was a graduate of … Continue reading Rolf H. Bortner ’66<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[273,63],"class_list":["post-3253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960s","tag-class-of-1966","tag-williston-academy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3253"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3260,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}