She was born in Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Yuill) Dixon. Matilda married John Woolcott on 26 Nov 1896 in Winfred, South Dakota. After his death she married John Holleman on 19 Oct 1924 in San Benito, Texas, and became a devoted and loving stepmother to his five children.
Mrs Holleman had lived in Texas 27 years before coming to Parker. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Yakima.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Holleman will be held Wednesday, April 3rd at 1pm in the Keith and Keith Chapel. Mr. P.A. Hartsell of the Church of Christ will officiate. Burial will be in Terrace Heights Memorial Park. Bearers will be Daryld Olson, Raymond Dean, Walter Dean, Earnest Lincoln, Harold Dean and Dan Zeutenhost.
Mrs. Holleman is survived by three step children, Mrs. Ed Rieves and Miss Lois Holleman of Raymondville, Texas, and Clyde Holleman of San Benito, Texas; one sister Mrs. Mary Helen Lincoln of Parker, Washington; four nieces Mrs. Josephine Bohannon of Spokane, Mrs. Roxie Dean of Yakima, Mrs. Elizabeth Hulett of Portland, and Mrs. Mary Olson of Covina California; three nephews, Mr. James R. Lincoln of Seattle, Mr. Robert A. Lincoln of Palmer, Alaska, and Mrs. Earnest C. Lincoln of Parker, Washington.
--Yakima Republic Monday, April 1, 1963, page 8; and Yakima Herald Tuesday, April 2, 1963, page 12
She was born in Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Yuill) Dixon. Matilda married John Woolcott on 26 Nov 1896 in Winfred, South Dakota. After his death she married John Holleman on 19 Oct 1924 in San Benito, Texas, and became a devoted and loving stepmother to his five children.
Mrs Holleman had lived in Texas 27 years before coming to Parker. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Yakima.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Holleman will be held Wednesday, April 3rd at 1pm in the Keith and Keith Chapel. Mr. P.A. Hartsell of the Church of Christ will officiate. Burial will be in Terrace Heights Memorial Park. Bearers will be Daryld Olson, Raymond Dean, Walter Dean, Earnest Lincoln, Harold Dean and Dan Zeutenhost.
Mrs. Holleman is survived by three step children, Mrs. Ed Rieves and Miss Lois Holleman of Raymondville, Texas, and Clyde Holleman of San Benito, Texas; one sister Mrs. Mary Helen Lincoln of Parker, Washington; four nieces Mrs. Josephine Bohannon of Spokane, Mrs. Roxie Dean of Yakima, Mrs. Elizabeth Hulett of Portland, and Mrs. Mary Olson of Covina California; three nephews, Mr. James R. Lincoln of Seattle, Mr. Robert A. Lincoln of Palmer, Alaska, and Mrs. Earnest C. Lincoln of Parker, Washington.
--Yakima Republic Monday, April 1, 1963, page 8; and Yakima Herald Tuesday, April 2, 1963, page 12