Larry E. Holmes
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born July 9, 1946, in Auburn, to Robert and Susan Daub Holmes. On May 23, 1988, he married Shirley E. Lyons, who survives.
He was a commercial painter and later retired from R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Warsaw, after 14 years. He was a U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army veteran, serving in Vietnam. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Wabash.
Also surviving are three sons: Jeffrey (and spouse Tricia) Miller, North Manchester; Gregory Miller, Arlington, Va.; and John (and spouse Janice) Miley, Wabash; a daughter, Elizabeth (and spouse Charles) Stodgell, Wabash; a sister, Linda McElvaney, Carson City, Nev.; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at McKee Mortuary, North Manchester, with Pastor Manfred Fremder officiating. Burial will be in Laketon Cemetery.
Calling is from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
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Memorials may be made to the Zion Lutheran Church building fund, 173 Hale Drive, Wabash, IN 46992; or Shirley Holmes, 2287 W. Lukens Lake Road, Laketon, IN 46943.
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He was born July 9, 1946, in Auburn, to Robert and Susan Daub Holmes. On May 23, 1988, he married Shirley E. Lyons, who survives.
He was a commercial painter and later retired from R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Warsaw, after 14 years. He was a U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army veteran, serving in Vietnam. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Wabash.
Also surviving are three sons: Jeffrey (and spouse Tricia) Miller, North Manchester; Gregory Miller, Arlington, Va.; and John (and spouse Janice) Miley, Wabash; a daughter, Elizabeth (and spouse Charles) Stodgell, Wabash; a sister, Linda McElvaney, Carson City, Nev.; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at McKee Mortuary, North Manchester, with Pastor Manfred Fremder officiating. Burial will be in Laketon Cemetery.
Calling is from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
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Memorials may be made to the Zion Lutheran Church building fund, 173 Hale Drive, Wabash, IN 46992; or Shirley Holmes, 2287 W. Lukens Lake Road, Laketon, IN 46943.
Condolences may be sent to mckeemortuary.com[[In-content Ad]]
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