Chapter Six: Martin J. Boller & Sandra E. Unrue

A Vineyard Planted in the Heartland.

Martin Jay Boller

July 10, 1951 – 

Sandra Elaine Unrue

April 18, 1950 –

Psalm 80:8-9   Remember how you brought a young vine from a barren land, cleared out the brambles and briers and planted your very own vineyard? You prepared the good earth, you planted her roots deep; the vineyard filled the land.  The Message Bible

We end Our Boller Story with our own, the sixth generation of Bollers living in this beautiful land we now call Iowa. Indeed, kiowa – this is the place!

1950-1966 – The Childhood Years.

Momentos From The Early Days.

Mapping Out My Iowa – 1951.

Growing Up in Mt. Pleasant – Old Threshers.

August 10, 1965 – Hoover Stamp Day.

Meet My Boller Brothers – William & Eric.

Meet The Unrue Family of Indiana.

1966-1973 – The High School & College Years.

Marty & Sandy – The Senior Recitals.

My Salute To Burt Bacharach.

My Meredith Willson – Music Man Story.

Art By Mart – Music, Drama & More.

U of I Gathering Places.

1973-1978 – The Wheeling, Illinois Years.

1978-1987 – The Evanston, Illinois Years.

1987-1990 – The Transition Years.

My Calvin Hall Story.

1990-2020 – Serving Cedar Rapids.

The Seventh Generation: The Four Boller Kids.

The Christmas Letters – 1981-2012.

2020-Today – Back Home Again.

The Music Man On Broadway – 2022.

2023 – A Night At The Englert.

The Bollers & The 2023-2024 Women’s Basketball Season.

2025 Celebrating 50 Years Of Marriage.

Celebrating Our 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Iowa PBS – Kinnick Stadium: The Insiders’ Tour.


April 18, 1950 – Sandra Elaine Unrue is born to Jack & LaVonne Unrue in Warsaw, Indiana.

July 10, 1951 – Martin Jay Boller is born to George & Dixie Boller of Wayland, Iowa.

July 12, 1975 – Sandy Unrue from Elkhart, Indiana marries Marty Boller from Iowa City in Skokie, Illinois.

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