2/28/2013 - Gail Wenhardt added middle name and links to parents.
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6/20/2021 - Contributor: Linda Hansen Kappell (48047616) added the following obit -
"Alvin Holmes, 76, died Friday, March 4, 1988, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. He was born June 25, 1911, in the Adams County town of Big Flats to Fred and Cora Holmes. He married Margaret Gehrke on July 22, 1930, in Friendship.
He owned and operated a dairy farm, and also worked for Port Edwards Paper Co. He was a road patrolman for 37 years for the town of Colburn, an emergency conservation fire warden for 24 years, and also a Colburn town supervisor for a number of years.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Melvin and Lewis, both of Hancock; and Carroll, Reedsburg; two daughters, Helen (Victor) Ruiz, Hancock, and Cathleen Cu're of Summerdale, Ala.; a brother, Clifford, Rockford, Ill.; 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by five brothers, a half brother and a grandson.
Services were held at the Hancock Wesleyan Church, Hancock, with burial in the Colburn-Leola Cemetery, Adams County town of Colburn.
The Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) 5 Ma 1988, page 2."
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6/20/2021 - Contributor: Linda Hansen Kappell (48047616) added the following obit -
"Alvin Holmes, 76, died Friday, March 4, 1988, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. He was born June 25, 1911, in the Adams County town of Big Flats to Fred and Cora Holmes. He married Margaret Gehrke on July 22, 1930, in Friendship.
He owned and operated a dairy farm, and also worked for Port Edwards Paper Co. He was a road patrolman for 37 years for the town of Colburn, an emergency conservation fire warden for 24 years, and also a Colburn town supervisor for a number of years.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Melvin and Lewis, both of Hancock; and Carroll, Reedsburg; two daughters, Helen (Victor) Ruiz, Hancock, and Cathleen Cu're of Summerdale, Ala.; a brother, Clifford, Rockford, Ill.; 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by five brothers, a half brother and a grandson.
Services were held at the Hancock Wesleyan Church, Hancock, with burial in the Colburn-Leola Cemetery, Adams County town of Colburn.
The Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) 5 Ma 1988, page 2."
2/28/2013 - Gail Wenhardt added middle name and links to parents.
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6/20/2021 - Contributor: Linda Hansen Kappell (48047616) added the following obit -
"Alvin Holmes, 76, died Friday, March 4, 1988, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. He was born June 25, 1911, in the Adams County town of Big Flats to Fred and Cora Holmes. He married Margaret Gehrke on July 22, 1930, in Friendship.
He owned and operated a dairy farm, and also worked for Port Edwards Paper Co. He was a road patrolman for 37 years for the town of Colburn, an emergency conservation fire warden for 24 years, and also a Colburn town supervisor for a number of years.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Melvin and Lewis, both of Hancock; and Carroll, Reedsburg; two daughters, Helen (Victor) Ruiz, Hancock, and Cathleen Cu're of Summerdale, Ala.; a brother, Clifford, Rockford, Ill.; 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by five brothers, a half brother and a grandson.
Services were held at the Hancock Wesleyan Church, Hancock, with burial in the Colburn-Leola Cemetery, Adams County town of Colburn.
The Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) 5 Ma 1988, page 2."
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6/20/2021 - Contributor: Linda Hansen Kappell (48047616) added the following obit -
"Alvin Holmes, 76, died Friday, March 4, 1988, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. He was born June 25, 1911, in the Adams County town of Big Flats to Fred and Cora Holmes. He married Margaret Gehrke on July 22, 1930, in Friendship.
He owned and operated a dairy farm, and also worked for Port Edwards Paper Co. He was a road patrolman for 37 years for the town of Colburn, an emergency conservation fire warden for 24 years, and also a Colburn town supervisor for a number of years.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Melvin and Lewis, both of Hancock; and Carroll, Reedsburg; two daughters, Helen (Victor) Ruiz, Hancock, and Cathleen Cu're of Summerdale, Ala.; a brother, Clifford, Rockford, Ill.; 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by five brothers, a half brother and a grandson.
Services were held at the Hancock Wesleyan Church, Hancock, with burial in the Colburn-Leola Cemetery, Adams County town of Colburn.
The Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) 5 Ma 1988, page 2."
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