Obituaries
January 3, 2017

OWEN D. POLING

By From JT Staff Reports

Owen D. Poling, 90, of Broadway, died Friday evening, Dec. 30, 2016, at Memorial Hospital following several months of failing health.
He was born February 19, 1926, in the family home near Raymond to the late Joseph M. and Helena Poling.

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