Abigail (Steele) Holeman (1957)

DEVORE, HOLEMAN, STEELE

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 8/23/2007 at 14:24:00

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, April 24, 1957
Page 6

MRS. ABIGAIL HOLEMAN BURIED AT LORIMOR

Mrs. Abigail Jane Holeman, a resident of Madison and Union counties since childhood, died at a Winterset nursing home Easter Sunday, April 21. She was 84 years of age.

Mrs. Holeman was the former Abigail Jane Steele, daughter of William and Elizabeth Steele. She was born Feb. 16, 1873 in Rock Island county, Illinois. As a small child she came with her parents to Madison county.

She was married to George W. Holeman in 1890. They lived at Lorimor for many years, but for the past 16 years her home had been in Winterset. Her husband died in 1935.

She was a charter member of the Christian church at Lorimor.

Surviving are a son; Ward Holeman of Winterset; a daughter, Mrs. H. T. DeVore of Van Wert; one grandchild; and three great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday from the Watts funeral home in Lorimor, conducted by the Rev. Ernest Smith, pastor of the Lorimor Christian church. Burial was made in the Lorimor cemetery.

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