Re: Edgar/Edward Holmes Family
HOLMES, WEIR, SPEARS, PALS, HOFSOMMER, BULLIS, SENENFELDER, KLINETOP, HANSEN
Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email) In Response To: Edgar/Edward Holmes Family (Becky Nix)
Date: 9/8/2007 at 23:31:02
I researched some newspaper obituaries and the Social Security Death Index and located the following. Hope this helps.
Edgar Hubert Holmes (Born 5 February 1868, in New Rockford, Illinois, died 30 June 1941, Cherokee, Iowa)
Millie (Bullis) Holmes (Born August 1875, Iowa, died 1904)
Gertrude (Spears) Holmes (Born 21 July 1884 South Dakota, died April 1970, Belmond, IARalph Emmet Holmes (13 Sept 1895, Greene, Iowa - 1930)
Blanche Holmes (24 May 1898 - July 1984, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa)
Harold E. Holmes (14 July 1910 – May 1974, Franklin County, Iowa)
Nora G. (Holmes) Senenfelder (20 Feb 1912 – 7 December 2003, Minneapolis, MN)
Ruth Harriett (Holmes) Weir (23 July 1913, Dows, Iowa - 1 April 1913, Clarion, IA)
Clara M. (Holmes) Pals (14 May 1915 – September 1995, Belmond, IA)
June (Holmes) Hofsommer -Living in Dows, IowaE.H. HOLMES, 73, SUCCUMBS
Funeral Services Set for Thursday; Burial at Greene
DOWS—Funeral services will be held here Thursday for Edgar Hubert Holmes, 73, who died at Cherokee Monday. The rites will be conducted at the Halvorson funeral home here at 1 p. m. with the Rev. R. A. Brough, pastor of the Dows Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be at Greene. Mr. Holmes came to Iowa at the age of 14 from New Rockford, Ill., where he was born Feb. 5, 1868. He came to Dows in 1911. Married to Minnie Bullis, who died in 1904, Mr. Holmes was the father of two children through this union. A son, Ralph, died in 1930, while a daughter, Blanche Holmes of Iowa City, survives. Mr. Holmes was married in 1907 to Gertrude Spears. Mrs. Holmes, a son, Harold Holmes of Dows, and four daughters survive. The daughters are Mrs. Joe Senenfelder of Dows, Mrs. Otis Weir of Galt, and Miss June and Miss Clara Holmes, both of Dows. Also surviving are two brothers, Herman Holmes of Morris, Minn., and Ervin Holmes of Royal, Nebr.; a sister, Mrs. Myrtie Klinetop of Charles City, and seven grandchildren.
Mason City Globe-Gazette, IA- July 02, 1941Mrs. Otis Weir Rites Saturday
Ruth Harriett Holmes, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Holmes, was born at Dows, Iowa, on July 23, 1913, and passed away at Clarion, Iowa, on Apr. 1. 1964. She attended school and graduated from the Dows High School. She was married to Otis Weir on October 12, 1934 in Missouri, and they have since made their home in Wright County. She was preceded in death by a half brother, Ralph, and her father. Surviving are her husband, a son, Fritz Weir of Webster City, and a daughter. Donna (Mrs. Melroy Hansen), also of Webster City; three grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Holmes of Dows, Iowa; one brother, Harold Holmes of Hampton, Iowa; four sisters, Mrs. George Pals of Belmond, Mrs. Earl Hoffsummer [Hofsommer] of Dows, Mrs. Joe Senenfeller [Senenfelder] of Minneapolis, Minn., and Miss Blanch Holmes of Iowa City, Ia. other relatives and many friends. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon, April 4, at the Eyler Funeral Chapel with the Rev. E. C. Allen, Methodist pastor in charge. Interment was at the Clarion Evergreen cemetery.Wright County Monitor, Clarion, Iowa -- April 09, 1964
Senenfelder Nora G., age 91 of Mpls, passed away December 7, 2003. Preceded in death by husband, Joseph; daughter, Marjorie; son, William; granddaughter, Terri; grandsons, Donald and Ronald. She will be deeply missed by sister, June; daughter, Beverly; 13 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren; many loving relatives and friends. Visitation 5-8 PM Tuesday (TODAY) at the Washburn-McReavy Hillside Chapel. Funeral Service 2 PM Wednesday, Dec. 10th, also at the chapel, with visitation 1 hour prior. Interment Hillside Cemetery. Washburn-McReavy Hillside Chapel 2610 19th Ave NE 612-781-1999
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Star Tribune Minneapolis, MN
December 9, 2003
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