Anna Laura (Jones) Holmes (1931)

HOLMES, JONES, SHULTZ

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 8/3/2006 at 19:33:33

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 23, 1931
Page 1

Death of Mrs. Anna Holmes

Mrs. Anna Holmes died Monday morning at a hospital at Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Holmes was the daughter of Elijah Jones of this city. She was born and raised in Madison county. A month ago she underwent a major operation. Her sister, Miss Mayme Jones went there weeks ago to be with her and will accompany the body to Winterset. Mrs. Holmes’ daughter, Mrs. Opal Shultz, will come with them. They will arrive Friday.

Funeral services will be held the last of the week. Arrangements have not yet been made.

Mrs. Holmes is the sister of Perry Jones of St. Charles and Mrs. Arthur Jones and Miss Mayme Jones. She leaves three children, Opal and Earl of Portland, Ore., and Everett of Seward, Nebraska.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 30, 1931
Page 5

ANNA LAURA HOLMES

Anna Laura Jones, daughter of Elijah and Mary Catherine Jones, was born in Madison county, Iowa, October 3, 1879, and died in Portland, Oregon, April 20, 1931.

On December 20, 1899 she was united in marriage to Starling Holmes of Winterset. To this union were born three children, all of whom are living. They are Everett, Seward, Nebraska; Mrs. Opal Shultz, and Earl Holmes of Portland, Oregon. These with her husband mourn their wife and mother. Other surviving relatives are her father, Elijah Jones of Winterset, one brother, Perry, south of town; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Jones of near Winterset and Mayme Jones of Winterset and three grandchildren.

About ten years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Holmes moved to the Dakotas, living in both North and South Dakota, but during the last two years she has been living at Portland, Oregon.

Early in life Mrs. Holmes accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour, which profession manifested itself in her daily living. Mrs. Holmes was patient and uncomplaining in suffering and revealed the spirit of her Saviour especially in her last illness by her self forgetfulness and in her continual thoughts concerning others.

Mrs. Holmes was a member of Eastern Star Chapter, Leeds, North Dakota, and of the Congregational church of that place.

Services were held at the First Baptist church at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon, by Rev. John T. Hall and burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.

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