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Melvin W. Holm, 84, of Ottawa died on Friday, April 22, 2005, at his home.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ottawa with the Rev. David Raben, Pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Memorial Park in Ottawa where full military rites will be conducted. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Mueller Funeral Home and Monday at the church one hour prior to the funeral.

Mr. Holm was born Nov. 2, 1920, in Lu Verne, Iowa, to Willars and Sarah (Quinn) Holm. He married Kathleen Fosse on May 3, 1946, in Sycamore. He was a veteran of the Navy, serving in World War II in the Mediterranean on an LST and in the Normandy invasion at Omaha Beach. He was employed as a millwright at Libbey-Owens-Ford in Naplate until his retirement.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, American Legion Post 33, Ottawa Bowlers Hall of Fame and the National Bowlers Hall of Fame.

He is survived by his wife Kathleen; three daughters, Susan (Emmett) Bowles of Louisville, Ky., Mary (Sam) Kennedy-Thompson of Ottawa and Martha (Charles) Black of Seneca; two sons, Alan (Shirley) Holm of Lancaster, Pa. and Peter L. (Helen) Holm of Springfield; nine grandchildren, Anita Holm, Nathan Holm, Ben Holm, Matthew Holm, Joshua Holm, Beau Beguin, Sara Beguin, Connor Kennedy and Katie Kennedy; one great-grandson, George Alerton Holm; and one sister, Anna Marie (Kenneth) Mann of Streator.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Donald W. Holm and Harold "Butch" Holm.



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Melvin married Kathleen Alicia Fosse on 3 May 1946 in Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. Kathleen (daughter of Harold Fosse and Sadie Friestad) was born on 23 May 1919 in Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Oct 2011 in Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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OTTAWA — Kathleen Holm, 92, of Ottawa, died Wednesday evening, Oct. 5, at her home.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ottawa with the Rev. Garry Briesacher, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa, and one hour prior to the services Monday at the church.

Kathleen was born on May 23, 1919, in Ottawa, to Harold and Sadie (Friestad) Fosse. She was a registered nurse at Ryburn Hospital, Pleasant View and Ottawa Public Schools.

She married Melvin W. Holm on May 3, 1946, in Sycamore. He died on April 22, 2005. Kathleen was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Susan (Emmett) Bowles of Louisville, Ky., and Martha (Charles) Black of Seneca; two sons, Alan (Shirley) Holm of Lancaster, Pa., and Peter L. (Helen) Holm of Springfield; nine grandchildren, Anita Hagelin, Nathan, Ben, Matthew and Joshua Holm, Beau Beguin, Sara Countryman and Connor and Katie Kennedy; three great-grandchildren, George Holm, Olivia Beguin and Shawn Hagelin; one sister, Monica Howell of Olympia, Wash.; and two brothers, William (Ruth) Fosse of Evansville, Ind., and Maurice Fosse of Mesa, Ariz.

She was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Mary Kennedy; and two sisters, Marilynn Smith and Phyllis Bohannon.

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Willars married Sarah Cooper Quinn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harold married Sadie Friestad. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Renwick Times, Renwick, Iowa
May 3, 1956

Hans Holm, son of Willars and Yakavina Holm, was born October 10, 1866 in the town of Brons, Schlesvig, Denmark. He was baptized in early youth in the Danish Lutheran faith.

Mr. Holm was united in marriage to Marie Wienburg in the year 1892 and came to the United States and settled in Shelby County. To this union was born six children. in the year 1911 they moved to the farm five miles east of Luverne where they lived for 34 years.

In the year 1946 Mr. Holm and his brother, Nels, moved to their new home in Mason City where they spent two years together. At the death of Nels in 1948, Mr. Holm went to live with his daughter, Mrs. Harry Christensen until he entered Mercy Hospital April 18th. He passed away on Friday evening, May 1, at the age of 89 years, 6 months and 17 days. [Not a transcription error, though inconsistent with other dates in this obituary.]

Mr. Holm was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, Leona Holm Klaessy in 1922, his faithful wife, Marie, in November of 1941 and his brother, Nels in February of 1948.

He leaves to mourn five children, two daughters, Mrs. Sadie Klaessy of Spencer and Mrs. Inez Christensen of Mason City, three sons, Willars of Ottawa, Ill., Clarence of Rockwell, Iowa and Clifford of LuVerne, 19 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and a host of friends.

Hans married Marie Nissine Wienberg on 10 Mar 1893 in Shelby County, Iowa, USA. Marie (daughter of Hans Jepsen Wienberg and Sindet Marie Schmidt) was born on 25 Apr 1870 in Haderslev Vor Frue Sogn, Haderslev Amt, Denmark; was christened on 26 May 1870 in Haderslev Vor Frue Kirke, Haderslev Amt; died on 3 Dec 1941 in Humboldt County, Iowa, USA; was buried in LuVerne Cemetery, Lu Verne, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Renwick Times - Renwick, Iowa
November 6, 1941

Mrs. Hans Holm, 71, Died Monday Morning, Funeral This Afternoon at Corwith

Mrs. Hans Holm, 71 years old last April 25th, died last Monday morning at her home five miles north of Renwick of a heart attack. She had been in failing health for some time and had been seriously ill the past three weeks.

She is survived by her husband and five children, Mrs. Sam Klaessy of Spencer, Will Holm of Ottawa, Ill., Clifford Holm of Luverne, Clarence at home and Mrs. Harry Christenson of Mason City. One daughter, Mrs. Fred Klaessy, died some years ago. there are several grandchildren, one great grandchild and other relatives.

Funeral services will be held at the house at 1:30 this Thursday afternoon and at 2:30 at the Baptist Tabernacle at Corwith. Burial will be made in the Luverne cemetery.

The Holm family have lived on their farm north of Renwick for the past 30 years and are well known throughout the community.


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Charles married Anna Fullerton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]