Lee August Holdeman, son of Frank Holdeman & his 1st wife Emma Overholt Holdeman
1st married 1935 Wynona Elnora Burns Holdeman, daughter of John W Burns & his wife Isabelle Pinkerton Burns
4 Daughters & 7 Sons
Beverly L Holdeman Smith
Marilyn Y Holdeman Smith
Denton L Holdeman
David B Holdeman
Adin P Holdeman
Arlyn F Holdeman
"Joy" Ethelee J Holdeman Smith
Samuel M Holdeman
Timothy G Holdeman
Daniel J Holdeman
Rosemary K Holdeman Decker
2nd married 1982 Ruby Esther Litwiller Wesenberg Holdeman, daughter of John B Litwiller & his wife Anna May Iutzi Litwiller
Ruby 1st married Alonzo Leonard Wesenberg was the son of William Wesenberg & his wife Ida Buerge Wesenberg
2 Daughters of Alonzo & Ruby
Bonnie L Wesenberg Smith
Sandra K Wesenberg Everette
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Lee August Holdeman was born on August 24, 1909, to Frank and Emma Overholt Holdeman, at Hesston, Kansas.
Death came peacefully on August 28, 1990, at the Beauregard Nursing Home, DeRidder, Louisiana. He had just passed his eighty-first birthday. Death was caused by a heart attack.
At the age of eight he had the sad experience of losing his mother, but one year later his aunt, Fanny Overholt, became his second mother. He spent his first forty years in the vicinity of Hesston, Kansas, making a living by farming and shearing sheep.
At the age of thirteen he committed his life to God and was baptized into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, at the Meridian Congregation, Hesston, Kansas, on March 16, 1923, by Min F C Fricke. He remained faithful to these vows until death.
On January 19, 1935, he was married to Winona Elnora Burns at the home of her parents in Lamar, Colorado, by Min Jake Friesen. They shared a little more than forty-one years together and were blessed with seven sons and four daughters. When Mother was taken by death on February 23, 1976, he was very lonely. Their son Timothy and his family moved into the home place with him for two years, for which he was grateful. After that he lived alone for four years, often entertaining a houseful of the grandchildren for the summer months, which was greatly enjoyed by him and them.
In August of 1949, our parents and the nine older children moved south, making our home at DeRidder, Louisiana, where he lived for the last forty-one years. He was employed by the Long-Bell and International Paper companies for twenty-six years, until retirement.
On June 6, 1982 he found a remedy for his loneliness when he took Ruby Litwiller Wesenburg, of Ithaca, Michigan, as his bride. He gained two daughters by this marriage. Their happy arrangement of spending the summers in Michigan and the winters in Louisiana came to an abrupt end three summers ago when sickness and its complications intervened.
In 1979 he suffered a massive heart attack from which he recuperated. Two weeks after his second marriage he suffered a severe stroke, from which he also recovered. Since then he has suffered other strokes, one which left him with halting speech. He also suffered complications of diabetes, including five amputations. He bore much agony and pain, but through it all his faith remained firm, and with patience he looked beyond to when he could go home to heaven.
Our sister, Bonnie, lovingly cared for him at home as long as she could. He was admitted to the St Francis Nursing Home, Oberlin, Louisiana, in September of 1988, where he stayed until a month ago when he was moved to the Beauregard Nursing Home in DeRidder.
Those left to cherish his memory are: his wife, Ruby; seven sons and five daughters: Denton and wife Karen, Detroit, Texas; David and wife Joyce, Clarksdale, Mississippi; Adin and wife Lillian, Brookston, Texas; Arlyn and wife Ann, Leland, Mississippi; Samuel and wife Marcy, Greenville, Mississippi; Timothy and wife Aldene, DeRidder, Louisiana; Daniel and wife Mary, Detroit, Texas; Marilyn and husband Bob Smith, West Point, Mississippi; Joy and husband Chester Smith, DeRidder, Louisiana; Rosemary and husband Joe Decker, Detroit, Texas; Bonnie and husband Arnold Smith, DeRidder, Louisiana; Sandra and husband Tim Everette, Atmore, Alabama; forty-three grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; three brothers: Adin, Hesston, Kansas; Willard and Wilford, Moundridge, Kansas; four sisters: Dorothy Boeckner and Nina Holdeman, Hesston, Kansas; Emma Burns, Rio Verde, Brazil; Twila Unruh, Moundridge, Kansas; one brother-in-law, John Jost, Moundridge, Kansas; one sister-in-law, Velma Holdeman, Hesston, Kansas; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Those preceding him in death are: his parents; wife Elnora; daughter Beverly Smith; three grandchildren: Judith and Harold, and Aaron; two brothers: Noah and Archie; one sister, Sylvia Jost; three brothers-in-law: Daniel Boeckner, Vernard Unruh, and Denton Burns.
Funeral services were held at the Highland Congregation of the Church of God in Christ, DeRidder, Louisiana, on September 1, 1990. The home ministry was in charge of the service, with the burial in the church cemetery.
Messenger of Truth
21 Sept 1990
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*** granddaughter Judith K Holdeman is findagrave memorial 7198912 ...
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*** his 1st wife ...
Mrs W Holdeman
DeRidder, LA - Mrs. Winona Elnore Burns Holdeman, 64, wife of Lee A Holdeman of DeRidder, La, died suddenly Monday night in Leland, Miss, where she was visiting her children. She was pronounced dead at W S Witte Memorial Hospital in Leland.
Funeral services will be held at the Highland Mennonite Church in DeRidder with the time being announced at a later date by Hixson Funeral Home there. Burial will be in the Highland Mennonite Church cemetery. Boone Funeral Home of Leland, Miss h a d charge of local arrangements.
In addition to her husband, Mrs Holdeman leaves four daughters, Beverly Holdeman, Mrs Chester D Smith and Mrs Joe Decker, all of DeRidder; and Mrs Robert D Smith of Bourbon, Miss; seven sons, Dennis Holdeman of DeRidder, David Holdeman of Clarksdale, Miss; Adin Holdeman, Arlyn Holdeman and Daniel Holdeman, all of Leland, Miss; Samuel Holdeman of Bourbon, Miss; and Timothy Holdeman of Chihuahua, Mexico; three brothers; Gerald Burns of Fountain, Colo, Jesse Burns of Las Animas, Colo, and Forrest Burns of Anaheim, Calif; and 24 grandchildren.
Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville,MS)
24 February 1976
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1920 Belmont Twp, Kingman Co,KS - Burns, head John W 37 MO (parents b IL,MO), wife Isabelle 37 KS (parents b MO,IA), son Jessie A 16 KS (parents b MO,KS), son Gerald A 14 KS (parents b MO,KS), daughter Winona 8 KS (parents b MO,KS) & sons Forrest 1 KS (parents b MO,KS)
1930 Towner, Kiowa Co,CO - Burns, head John W 47 MO (parents b IL,MO), wife Isabell 48 KS (parents b MO,IA), daughter Elnora 18 KS (parents b MO,KS), son Forrest 11 KS (parents b MO,KS) & son Denton 8 KS (parents b MO,KS) & Henry, employee Charles 22 MO (both parents b MO)
1940 - Westcliffe, Custer Co,CO - Burns, widowed head Isabel 58 KS (1935 res Eads, Kiowa, Co,CO) & son Denton 18 KS (1935 res Eads, Kiowa, Co,CO)
1st married 1935 Wynona Elnora Burns Holdeman, daughter of John W Burns & his wife Isabelle Pinkerton Burns
4 Daughters & 7 Sons
Beverly L Holdeman Smith
Marilyn Y Holdeman Smith
Denton L Holdeman
David B Holdeman
Adin P Holdeman
Arlyn F Holdeman
"Joy" Ethelee J Holdeman Smith
Samuel M Holdeman
Timothy G Holdeman
Daniel J Holdeman
Rosemary K Holdeman Decker
2nd married 1982 Ruby Esther Litwiller Wesenberg Holdeman, daughter of John B Litwiller & his wife Anna May Iutzi Litwiller
Ruby 1st married Alonzo Leonard Wesenberg was the son of William Wesenberg & his wife Ida Buerge Wesenberg
2 Daughters of Alonzo & Ruby
Bonnie L Wesenberg Smith
Sandra K Wesenberg Everette
*****************
Lee August Holdeman was born on August 24, 1909, to Frank and Emma Overholt Holdeman, at Hesston, Kansas.
Death came peacefully on August 28, 1990, at the Beauregard Nursing Home, DeRidder, Louisiana. He had just passed his eighty-first birthday. Death was caused by a heart attack.
At the age of eight he had the sad experience of losing his mother, but one year later his aunt, Fanny Overholt, became his second mother. He spent his first forty years in the vicinity of Hesston, Kansas, making a living by farming and shearing sheep.
At the age of thirteen he committed his life to God and was baptized into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, at the Meridian Congregation, Hesston, Kansas, on March 16, 1923, by Min F C Fricke. He remained faithful to these vows until death.
On January 19, 1935, he was married to Winona Elnora Burns at the home of her parents in Lamar, Colorado, by Min Jake Friesen. They shared a little more than forty-one years together and were blessed with seven sons and four daughters. When Mother was taken by death on February 23, 1976, he was very lonely. Their son Timothy and his family moved into the home place with him for two years, for which he was grateful. After that he lived alone for four years, often entertaining a houseful of the grandchildren for the summer months, which was greatly enjoyed by him and them.
In August of 1949, our parents and the nine older children moved south, making our home at DeRidder, Louisiana, where he lived for the last forty-one years. He was employed by the Long-Bell and International Paper companies for twenty-six years, until retirement.
On June 6, 1982 he found a remedy for his loneliness when he took Ruby Litwiller Wesenburg, of Ithaca, Michigan, as his bride. He gained two daughters by this marriage. Their happy arrangement of spending the summers in Michigan and the winters in Louisiana came to an abrupt end three summers ago when sickness and its complications intervened.
In 1979 he suffered a massive heart attack from which he recuperated. Two weeks after his second marriage he suffered a severe stroke, from which he also recovered. Since then he has suffered other strokes, one which left him with halting speech. He also suffered complications of diabetes, including five amputations. He bore much agony and pain, but through it all his faith remained firm, and with patience he looked beyond to when he could go home to heaven.
Our sister, Bonnie, lovingly cared for him at home as long as she could. He was admitted to the St Francis Nursing Home, Oberlin, Louisiana, in September of 1988, where he stayed until a month ago when he was moved to the Beauregard Nursing Home in DeRidder.
Those left to cherish his memory are: his wife, Ruby; seven sons and five daughters: Denton and wife Karen, Detroit, Texas; David and wife Joyce, Clarksdale, Mississippi; Adin and wife Lillian, Brookston, Texas; Arlyn and wife Ann, Leland, Mississippi; Samuel and wife Marcy, Greenville, Mississippi; Timothy and wife Aldene, DeRidder, Louisiana; Daniel and wife Mary, Detroit, Texas; Marilyn and husband Bob Smith, West Point, Mississippi; Joy and husband Chester Smith, DeRidder, Louisiana; Rosemary and husband Joe Decker, Detroit, Texas; Bonnie and husband Arnold Smith, DeRidder, Louisiana; Sandra and husband Tim Everette, Atmore, Alabama; forty-three grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; three brothers: Adin, Hesston, Kansas; Willard and Wilford, Moundridge, Kansas; four sisters: Dorothy Boeckner and Nina Holdeman, Hesston, Kansas; Emma Burns, Rio Verde, Brazil; Twila Unruh, Moundridge, Kansas; one brother-in-law, John Jost, Moundridge, Kansas; one sister-in-law, Velma Holdeman, Hesston, Kansas; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Those preceding him in death are: his parents; wife Elnora; daughter Beverly Smith; three grandchildren: Judith and Harold, and Aaron; two brothers: Noah and Archie; one sister, Sylvia Jost; three brothers-in-law: Daniel Boeckner, Vernard Unruh, and Denton Burns.
Funeral services were held at the Highland Congregation of the Church of God in Christ, DeRidder, Louisiana, on September 1, 1990. The home ministry was in charge of the service, with the burial in the church cemetery.
Messenger of Truth
21 Sept 1990
*********************
*** granddaughter Judith K Holdeman is findagrave memorial 7198912 ...
**********************
*** his 1st wife ...
Mrs W Holdeman
DeRidder, LA - Mrs. Winona Elnore Burns Holdeman, 64, wife of Lee A Holdeman of DeRidder, La, died suddenly Monday night in Leland, Miss, where she was visiting her children. She was pronounced dead at W S Witte Memorial Hospital in Leland.
Funeral services will be held at the Highland Mennonite Church in DeRidder with the time being announced at a later date by Hixson Funeral Home there. Burial will be in the Highland Mennonite Church cemetery. Boone Funeral Home of Leland, Miss h a d charge of local arrangements.
In addition to her husband, Mrs Holdeman leaves four daughters, Beverly Holdeman, Mrs Chester D Smith and Mrs Joe Decker, all of DeRidder; and Mrs Robert D Smith of Bourbon, Miss; seven sons, Dennis Holdeman of DeRidder, David Holdeman of Clarksdale, Miss; Adin Holdeman, Arlyn Holdeman and Daniel Holdeman, all of Leland, Miss; Samuel Holdeman of Bourbon, Miss; and Timothy Holdeman of Chihuahua, Mexico; three brothers; Gerald Burns of Fountain, Colo, Jesse Burns of Las Animas, Colo, and Forrest Burns of Anaheim, Calif; and 24 grandchildren.
Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville,MS)
24 February 1976
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1920 Belmont Twp, Kingman Co,KS - Burns, head John W 37 MO (parents b IL,MO), wife Isabelle 37 KS (parents b MO,IA), son Jessie A 16 KS (parents b MO,KS), son Gerald A 14 KS (parents b MO,KS), daughter Winona 8 KS (parents b MO,KS) & sons Forrest 1 KS (parents b MO,KS)
1930 Towner, Kiowa Co,CO - Burns, head John W 47 MO (parents b IL,MO), wife Isabell 48 KS (parents b MO,IA), daughter Elnora 18 KS (parents b MO,KS), son Forrest 11 KS (parents b MO,KS) & son Denton 8 KS (parents b MO,KS) & Henry, employee Charles 22 MO (both parents b MO)
1940 - Westcliffe, Custer Co,CO - Burns, widowed head Isabel 58 KS (1935 res Eads, Kiowa, Co,CO) & son Denton 18 KS (1935 res Eads, Kiowa, Co,CO)
Lee August Holdeman, son of Frank Holdeman & his 1st wife Emma Overholt Holdeman
1st married 1935 Wynona Elnora Burns Holdeman, daughter of John W Burns & his wife Isabelle Pinkerton Burns
4 Daughters & 7 Sons
Beverly L Holdeman Smith
Marilyn Y Holdeman Smith
Denton L Holdeman
David B Holdeman
Adin P Holdeman
Arlyn F Holdeman
"Joy" Ethelee J Holdeman Smith
Samuel M Holdeman
Timothy G Holdeman
Daniel J Holdeman
Rosemary K Holdeman Decker
2nd married 1982 Ruby Esther Litwiller Wesenberg Holdeman, daughter of John B Litwiller & his wife Anna May Iutzi Litwiller
Ruby 1st married Alonzo Leonard Wesenberg was the son of William Wesenberg & his wife Ida Buerge Wesenberg
2 Daughters of Alonzo & Ruby
Bonnie L Wesenberg Smith
Sandra K Wesenberg Everette
*****************
Lee August Holdeman was born on August 24, 1909, to Frank and Emma Overholt Holdeman, at Hesston, Kansas.
Death came peacefully on August 28, 1990, at the Beauregard Nursing Home, DeRidder, Louisiana. He had just passed his eighty-first birthday. Death was caused by a heart attack.
At the age of eight he had the sad experience of losing his mother, but one year later his aunt, Fanny Overholt, became his second mother. He spent his first forty years in the vicinity of Hesston, Kansas, making a living by farming and shearing sheep.
At the age of thirteen he committed his life to God and was baptized into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, at the Meridian Congregation, Hesston, Kansas, on March 16, 1923, by Min F C Fricke. He remained faithful to these vows until death.
On January 19, 1935, he was married to Winona Elnora Burns at the home of her parents in Lamar, Colorado, by Min Jake Friesen. They shared a little more than forty-one years together and were blessed with seven sons and four daughters. When Mother was taken by death on February 23, 1976, he was very lonely. Their son Timothy and his family moved into the home place with him for two years, for which he was grateful. After that he lived alone for four years, often entertaining a houseful of the grandchildren for the summer months, which was greatly enjoyed by him and them.
In August of 1949, our parents and the nine older children moved south, making our home at DeRidder, Louisiana, where he lived for the last forty-one years. He was employed by the Long-Bell and International Paper companies for twenty-six years, until retirement.
On June 6, 1982 he found a remedy for his loneliness when he took Ruby Litwiller Wesenburg, of Ithaca, Michigan, as his bride. He gained two daughters by this marriage. Their happy arrangement of spending the summers in Michigan and the winters in Louisiana came to an abrupt end three summers ago when sickness and its complications intervened.
In 1979 he suffered a massive heart attack from which he recuperated. Two weeks after his second marriage he suffered a severe stroke, from which he also recovered. Since then he has suffered other strokes, one which left him with halting speech. He also suffered complications of diabetes, including five amputations. He bore much agony and pain, but through it all his faith remained firm, and with patience he looked beyond to when he could go home to heaven.
Our sister, Bonnie, lovingly cared for him at home as long as she could. He was admitted to the St Francis Nursing Home, Oberlin, Louisiana, in September of 1988, where he stayed until a month ago when he was moved to the Beauregard Nursing Home in DeRidder.
Those left to cherish his memory are: his wife, Ruby; seven sons and five daughters: Denton and wife Karen, Detroit, Texas; David and wife Joyce, Clarksdale, Mississippi; Adin and wife Lillian, Brookston, Texas; Arlyn and wife Ann, Leland, Mississippi; Samuel and wife Marcy, Greenville, Mississippi; Timothy and wife Aldene, DeRidder, Louisiana; Daniel and wife Mary, Detroit, Texas; Marilyn and husband Bob Smith, West Point, Mississippi; Joy and husband Chester Smith, DeRidder, Louisiana; Rosemary and husband Joe Decker, Detroit, Texas; Bonnie and husband Arnold Smith, DeRidder, Louisiana; Sandra and husband Tim Everette, Atmore, Alabama; forty-three grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; three brothers: Adin, Hesston, Kansas; Willard and Wilford, Moundridge, Kansas; four sisters: Dorothy Boeckner and Nina Holdeman, Hesston, Kansas; Emma Burns, Rio Verde, Brazil; Twila Unruh, Moundridge, Kansas; one brother-in-law, John Jost, Moundridge, Kansas; one sister-in-law, Velma Holdeman, Hesston, Kansas; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Those preceding him in death are: his parents; wife Elnora; daughter Beverly Smith; three grandchildren: Judith and Harold, and Aaron; two brothers: Noah and Archie; one sister, Sylvia Jost; three brothers-in-law: Daniel Boeckner, Vernard Unruh, and Denton Burns.
Funeral services were held at the Highland Congregation of the Church of God in Christ, DeRidder, Louisiana, on September 1, 1990. The home ministry was in charge of the service, with the burial in the church cemetery.
Messenger of Truth
21 Sept 1990
*********************
*** granddaughter Judith K Holdeman is findagrave memorial 7198912 ...
**********************
*** his 1st wife ...
Mrs W Holdeman
DeRidder, LA - Mrs. Winona Elnore Burns Holdeman, 64, wife of Lee A Holdeman of DeRidder, La, died suddenly Monday night in Leland, Miss, where she was visiting her children. She was pronounced dead at W S Witte Memorial Hospital in Leland.
Funeral services will be held at the Highland Mennonite Church in DeRidder with the time being announced at a later date by Hixson Funeral Home there. Burial will be in the Highland Mennonite Church cemetery. Boone Funeral Home of Leland, Miss h a d charge of local arrangements.
In addition to her husband, Mrs Holdeman leaves four daughters, Beverly Holdeman, Mrs Chester D Smith and Mrs Joe Decker, all of DeRidder; and Mrs Robert D Smith of Bourbon, Miss; seven sons, Dennis Holdeman of DeRidder, David Holdeman of Clarksdale, Miss; Adin Holdeman, Arlyn Holdeman and Daniel Holdeman, all of Leland, Miss; Samuel Holdeman of Bourbon, Miss; and Timothy Holdeman of Chihuahua, Mexico; three brothers; Gerald Burns of Fountain, Colo, Jesse Burns of Las Animas, Colo, and Forrest Burns of Anaheim, Calif; and 24 grandchildren.
Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville,MS)
24 February 1976
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1920 Belmont Twp, Kingman Co,KS - Burns, head John W 37 MO (parents b IL,MO), wife Isabelle 37 KS (parents b MO,IA), son Jessie A 16 KS (parents b MO,KS), son Gerald A 14 KS (parents b MO,KS), daughter Winona 8 KS (parents b MO,KS) & sons Forrest 1 KS (parents b MO,KS)
1930 Towner, Kiowa Co,CO - Burns, head John W 47 MO (parents b IL,MO), wife Isabell 48 KS (parents b MO,IA), daughter Elnora 18 KS (parents b MO,KS), son Forrest 11 KS (parents b MO,KS) & son Denton 8 KS (parents b MO,KS) & Henry, employee Charles 22 MO (both parents b MO)
1940 - Westcliffe, Custer Co,CO - Burns, widowed head Isabel 58 KS (1935 res Eads, Kiowa, Co,CO) & son Denton 18 KS (1935 res Eads, Kiowa, Co,CO)
1st married 1935 Wynona Elnora Burns Holdeman, daughter of John W Burns & his wife Isabelle Pinkerton Burns
4 Daughters & 7 Sons
Beverly L Holdeman Smith
Marilyn Y Holdeman Smith
Denton L Holdeman
David B Holdeman
Adin P Holdeman
Arlyn F Holdeman
"Joy" Ethelee J Holdeman Smith
Samuel M Holdeman
Timothy G Holdeman
Daniel J Holdeman
Rosemary K Holdeman Decker
2nd married 1982 Ruby Esther Litwiller Wesenberg Holdeman, daughter of John B Litwiller & his wife Anna May Iutzi Litwiller
Ruby 1st married Alonzo Leonard Wesenberg was the son of William Wesenberg & his wife Ida Buerge Wesenberg
2 Daughters of Alonzo & Ruby
Bonnie L Wesenberg Smith
Sandra K Wesenberg Everette
*****************
Lee August Holdeman was born on August 24, 1909, to Frank and Emma Overholt Holdeman, at Hesston, Kansas.
Death came peacefully on August 28, 1990, at the Beauregard Nursing Home, DeRidder, Louisiana. He had just passed his eighty-first birthday. Death was caused by a heart attack.
At the age of eight he had the sad experience of losing his mother, but one year later his aunt, Fanny Overholt, became his second mother. He spent his first forty years in the vicinity of Hesston, Kansas, making a living by farming and shearing sheep.
At the age of thirteen he committed his life to God and was baptized into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, at the Meridian Congregation, Hesston, Kansas, on March 16, 1923, by Min F C Fricke. He remained faithful to these vows until death.
On January 19, 1935, he was married to Winona Elnora Burns at the home of her parents in Lamar, Colorado, by Min Jake Friesen. They shared a little more than forty-one years together and were blessed with seven sons and four daughters. When Mother was taken by death on February 23, 1976, he was very lonely. Their son Timothy and his family moved into the home place with him for two years, for which he was grateful. After that he lived alone for four years, often entertaining a houseful of the grandchildren for the summer months, which was greatly enjoyed by him and them.
In August of 1949, our parents and the nine older children moved south, making our home at DeRidder, Louisiana, where he lived for the last forty-one years. He was employed by the Long-Bell and International Paper companies for twenty-six years, until retirement.
On June 6, 1982 he found a remedy for his loneliness when he took Ruby Litwiller Wesenburg, of Ithaca, Michigan, as his bride. He gained two daughters by this marriage. Their happy arrangement of spending the summers in Michigan and the winters in Louisiana came to an abrupt end three summers ago when sickness and its complications intervened.
In 1979 he suffered a massive heart attack from which he recuperated. Two weeks after his second marriage he suffered a severe stroke, from which he also recovered. Since then he has suffered other strokes, one which left him with halting speech. He also suffered complications of diabetes, including five amputations. He bore much agony and pain, but through it all his faith remained firm, and with patience he looked beyond to when he could go home to heaven.
Our sister, Bonnie, lovingly cared for him at home as long as she could. He was admitted to the St Francis Nursing Home, Oberlin, Louisiana, in September of 1988, where he stayed until a month ago when he was moved to the Beauregard Nursing Home in DeRidder.
Those left to cherish his memory are: his wife, Ruby; seven sons and five daughters: Denton and wife Karen, Detroit, Texas; David and wife Joyce, Clarksdale, Mississippi; Adin and wife Lillian, Brookston, Texas; Arlyn and wife Ann, Leland, Mississippi; Samuel and wife Marcy, Greenville, Mississippi; Timothy and wife Aldene, DeRidder, Louisiana; Daniel and wife Mary, Detroit, Texas; Marilyn and husband Bob Smith, West Point, Mississippi; Joy and husband Chester Smith, DeRidder, Louisiana; Rosemary and husband Joe Decker, Detroit, Texas; Bonnie and husband Arnold Smith, DeRidder, Louisiana; Sandra and husband Tim Everette, Atmore, Alabama; forty-three grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; three brothers: Adin, Hesston, Kansas; Willard and Wilford, Moundridge, Kansas; four sisters: Dorothy Boeckner and Nina Holdeman, Hesston, Kansas; Emma Burns, Rio Verde, Brazil; Twila Unruh, Moundridge, Kansas; one brother-in-law, John Jost, Moundridge, Kansas; one sister-in-law, Velma Holdeman, Hesston, Kansas; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Those preceding him in death are: his parents; wife Elnora; daughter Beverly Smith; three grandchildren: Judith and Harold, and Aaron; two brothers: Noah and Archie; one sister, Sylvia Jost; three brothers-in-law: Daniel Boeckner, Vernard Unruh, and Denton Burns.
Funeral services were held at the Highland Congregation of the Church of God in Christ, DeRidder, Louisiana, on September 1, 1990. The home ministry was in charge of the service, with the burial in the church cemetery.
Messenger of Truth
21 Sept 1990
*********************
*** granddaughter Judith K Holdeman is findagrave memorial 7198912 ...
**********************
*** his 1st wife ...
Mrs W Holdeman
DeRidder, LA - Mrs. Winona Elnore Burns Holdeman, 64, wife of Lee A Holdeman of DeRidder, La, died suddenly Monday night in Leland, Miss, where she was visiting her children. She was pronounced dead at W S Witte Memorial Hospital in Leland.
Funeral services will be held at the Highland Mennonite Church in DeRidder with the time being announced at a later date by Hixson Funeral Home there. Burial will be in the Highland Mennonite Church cemetery. Boone Funeral Home of Leland, Miss h a d charge of local arrangements.
In addition to her husband, Mrs Holdeman leaves four daughters, Beverly Holdeman, Mrs Chester D Smith and Mrs Joe Decker, all of DeRidder; and Mrs Robert D Smith of Bourbon, Miss; seven sons, Dennis Holdeman of DeRidder, David Holdeman of Clarksdale, Miss; Adin Holdeman, Arlyn Holdeman and Daniel Holdeman, all of Leland, Miss; Samuel Holdeman of Bourbon, Miss; and Timothy Holdeman of Chihuahua, Mexico; three brothers; Gerald Burns of Fountain, Colo, Jesse Burns of Las Animas, Colo, and Forrest Burns of Anaheim, Calif; and 24 grandchildren.
Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville,MS)
24 February 1976
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1920 Belmont Twp, Kingman Co,KS - Burns, head John W 37 MO (parents b IL,MO), wife Isabelle 37 KS (parents b MO,IA), son Jessie A 16 KS (parents b MO,KS), son Gerald A 14 KS (parents b MO,KS), daughter Winona 8 KS (parents b MO,KS) & sons Forrest 1 KS (parents b MO,KS)
1930 Towner, Kiowa Co,CO - Burns, head John W 47 MO (parents b IL,MO), wife Isabell 48 KS (parents b MO,IA), daughter Elnora 18 KS (parents b MO,KS), son Forrest 11 KS (parents b MO,KS) & son Denton 8 KS (parents b MO,KS) & Henry, employee Charles 22 MO (both parents b MO)
1940 - Westcliffe, Custer Co,CO - Burns, widowed head Isabel 58 KS (1935 res Eads, Kiowa, Co,CO) & son Denton 18 KS (1935 res Eads, Kiowa, Co,CO)
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