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William L Holdeman

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William L Holdeman

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
26 Nov 1982 (aged 85)
Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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William L Holdeman, son of Tobias Holdeman & his wife Ida F Groves (Grove) Holdeman

Married Mary Ellen Loucks Holdeman, daughter of Enos R Loucks & his wife Eliza Jane Bliley Loucks

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Funeral services for William L Holdeman, 85, of Elkhart, a native of Wakarusa, were conducted Tuesday morning in the White Funeral Home in Elkhart by the Rev Carl Studebaker of the First Church of God, Elkhart. Burial was made in Yellow Creek Cemetery northeast of Wakarusa.

Mr Holdeman died early Friday in the Elkhart General Hospital where he had been admitted shortly before.

Born here Nov 7, 1897, he and Mary E Loucks were married Feb 19, 1919, and she survives.

He was a switch tender for 46 years with the New York Central Railroad and had lived in Elkhart for 59 years. He was a member of Railroad Trainmen and the First Church of God.

Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Ernest W, Elkhart; a daughter, Mrs Roscoe R (Shirley) Hartman, Elkhart; 10 grandchildren, three stepgrandchidlren, 74 great-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren.

An infant daughter preceded him in death.

Wakarusa Tribune
1 December 1982
William L Holdeman, son of Tobias Holdeman & his wife Ida F Groves (Grove) Holdeman

Married Mary Ellen Loucks Holdeman, daughter of Enos R Loucks & his wife Eliza Jane Bliley Loucks

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Funeral services for William L Holdeman, 85, of Elkhart, a native of Wakarusa, were conducted Tuesday morning in the White Funeral Home in Elkhart by the Rev Carl Studebaker of the First Church of God, Elkhart. Burial was made in Yellow Creek Cemetery northeast of Wakarusa.

Mr Holdeman died early Friday in the Elkhart General Hospital where he had been admitted shortly before.

Born here Nov 7, 1897, he and Mary E Loucks were married Feb 19, 1919, and she survives.

He was a switch tender for 46 years with the New York Central Railroad and had lived in Elkhart for 59 years. He was a member of Railroad Trainmen and the First Church of God.

Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Ernest W, Elkhart; a daughter, Mrs Roscoe R (Shirley) Hartman, Elkhart; 10 grandchildren, three stepgrandchidlren, 74 great-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren.

An infant daughter preceded him in death.

Wakarusa Tribune
1 December 1982


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  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73144607/william_l-holdeman: accessed ), memorial page for William L Holdeman (7 Nov 1897–26 Nov 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73144607, citing Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Linda K (contributor 47400410).