BOLLINGER, THELMA ELIZABETH Dec. 24, 1915 to Dec. 5, 2009 Thelma E. Bollinger, 94, wife of nearly 60 years of Charles A. Bollinger, died in the loving care of San Diego Hospice on December 5, 2009, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. Thelma was born in Union County, PA. She married young and was widowed in 1943, after which she raised two children on her own. In 1950, she married Charles and had three more children. She was a homemaker much of her life but worked in several jobs over the years. Thelma was most proud of her work as a church secretary at Grace Lutheran Church in Camp Hill, PA. She and Charles moved to San Diego in 1984. Thelma loved cooking, crocheting and traveling by car. She also devoted time to volunteer activities after her retirement. She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Encinitas, CA. Thelma is survived by Charles of Encinitas, CA, her five children, Doris Caris and Lloyd LaForm of New Columbia, PA, Gary Bollinger of State College, PA, Julie Jones of Rancho Santa Fe, CA, and Anne Bosworth of Westerville, OH, five of her seven grandchildren, and numerous great and great-great- grandchildren. Thelma's ashes will be interred at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, CA. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to either the Alzheimer's Association San Diego/ Imperial Chapter, 6632 Convoy Ct., San Diego, CA 92111, or San Diego Hospice, 4311 3rd Ave., San Diego, CA 92103. Published in San Diego Union-Tribune on December 20, 2009