HOLT, Villa G.: Died 1985

HOLT, SEMSTER, GROVES, CULLEN, GIBBONS

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Date: 6/8/2022 at 17:23:14

**Handwritten: Hawk Eye 17 Oct 1985 p. 24

Villa G. Holt

FT. MADISON - Mrs. Villa G. Holt, 81, of 2327 Avenue C, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, in University Hospitals, Iowa City.

She was born at Milton July 26, 1904, to Charles N. and Elsa Katherine Semster Groves. She married Home G. Holt Nov. 24, 1921, in Ft. Madison; he died Sept. 19, 1984.

Mrs. Holt was a member of First Christian Church, where she founded the deaconess program and held various offices.

Suviving: Two sons, Buford, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Raymond, Donnellson Rt. 2; a daughter, Juanita Cullen, Ft. Madison; a sister, Florence Gibbons, Covina, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Barr Memorial Chapel, Dr. Leland Beck; Oakland Cemetery. A memorial to First Christian Church has been established.

Source: "Scrapbook 1981 - 1985", Pg. 263,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA