Holkan, Jerold "Jerry" H. 1944-2017

HOLKAN, DEIMEL, REELEY, PILCHER

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:38

Jerold H. Holkan
1944 - 2017
Kellogg

Jerold "Jerry" 73, of Kellogg, passed away Thursday evening, December 21, 2017, at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines.

A funeral service for Jerry will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Pence – Reese Funeral Home in Newton, with a visitation one hour prior to services. Pastor Joel Picard, of Our Savior Lutheran Church, will conduct the services. Memorials are being designated to the family in Jerry's name, and may be left at the funeral home.

Jerold Howard "Jerry" Holkan, the son of Howard Melvin and Vera (Deimel) Holkan, was born September 1, 1944, in Webster City, Iowa. He was a Lincoln High School graduate in Webster City, Class of 1962.

On August 28, 1980, Jerry was united in marriage with Kathrein Rocena Reeley at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Newton. A resident of the Kellogg area since 1963, he had devoted his life to his family and friends. He was employed by Maytag, 27 years in the Assembly Department, retiring July 2003. He also worked for the Newton Daily News, 4.5 years, retiring in 2017. Jerry was a kind and warm hearted man, and will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved him. He was a member of the Moose and St. Paul Lutheran Church. He enjoyed volunteering at the Iowa State Fair, for the American Cancer Society, gardening and was a Do It Yourselfer.

Jerry was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Kathrein on June 8, 2012;

Those left to honor Jerry's memory include his sister Nancy (Tom) Pilcher of Ankeny; his cousins; and his many good ~ The Pence Reese Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa 21 Dec 2017.