Edward V. Toolin 96, Major,, AUS (ET) of Tiverton, died on Wednesday. He was the husband of the late
Helen (Pikor) Toolin. Born in Fall River, he was the son of the late James F. and Margaret (Heaney) Toolin.
He was a 1933 Graduate of Durfee High School and attended the College of William and Mary along with the University of California. His career consisted of Chief Officer, US Merchant Marine on any ship, upon the oceans. He volunteered for the US Army in 1942 and entered in 1943 as a Warrant Officer, Navigator. War Duty consisted of laying and maintaining submarine mine fields off the Atlantic Coast of the US. Commissioned as a US Army Captain in 1951, he served as Commanding Officer of a Provisional
Battalion in Korea in 1953 during the Korean War.In 1956, he was deployed as C.O. of three US Army units in the Artic Regions including Greenland, Baffin Island and Labrador in the construction of the distant early line, then called the Dew line. Other foreign service was in Panama, Okinawa and in early 1951 to Nov. 1960 (Cold War) with the then sole amphibious battalion in Europe. Organizations include the Military Officers of America, Knights of Columbus, Fr. Boehr Council, Tiverton and V.F.W., Tiverton Chapter. He was a long time member of the Montaup Country Club, Past President of the Green Valley Country Club and the Over the Hill Gang.
He is survived by 2 sons David E. (Wife Pauline K.) Toolin of Somerset, MA and Jon M. (Wife Cheryl)
Toolin of Thornton, NH, along with 4 grandchildren and 2 greatgrandchildren. He was the brother of the late
Mary D. Swan, Margaret McNamara, William, Francis and Thomas Toolin.
Visitation SUNDAY 2-5 PM. His Funeral will be held MONDAY at 9am from the POCASSET MEMORIAL
FUNERAL HOME 462 Main Rd, Tiverton with a 10am Mass at Holy Ghost Church where he was a member.
Burial at Pocasset Hill. www.almeida-pocasset.com