Mrs. Holeman, Early Day Olivan, Buried Saturday

Mrs. John W. Holeman, 93 of 6912 Berkley Court, Oklahoma City was given funeral services in the Westridge Hills Church of God, Oklahoma City, Saturday August 16. The Rev. Larry McCall officiated with brief talks by Mrs. Holeman's two grandsons, the Rev. Howard Baker and the Rev. Harvey Stow. Burial was in Brooks Cemetery east of Oilton with Hahn-Cook, Street and Draper Funeral Home of Oklahoma City in charge of arrangements. She was born Vida Harvel September 21, 1881, in Roseville, Ark. She moved to Indian Territory at an early age and lived with an aunt and uncle (David Richard F. Bellew and Mary Jane Potter Bellew) near Jennings. She married John W. Holeman in 1897.
Mr. and Mrs. Holeman were among the first settlers in the Olive Community. Most of Mrs. Holeman's life was spent in and around Olive. However, for a short time she and Mr. Holeman homesteaded a farm in New Mexico in the early part of their marriage, then returned to the Olive area. Mr. Holeman preceded her in death in 1933. She lived in Drumright at 419 Skinner for 16 years. In 1960 she moved to Oklahoma City and lived there, making her home with her daughter, Loleta G. Holeman until her death August 13, 1976. Survivors are two sons and 10 daughters, 37 grandchildren, 66 great-grandchildren and 11 great great-grandchildren. Children are L. A. Holeman, Chickasha; John D. Holeman, Huntsville, Ala.; Janie Means, Tulsa, Nellie Culp, Drumright; Ethel Marrs, Oklahoma City; Edith Baker, Walla Walla, Washington, Betty Stow, Modesto, California, Nina Bruce, Santa Cruz, California; Florence Yokley, Oklahoma City; Juanita Rothschild, Centralia, Washington, Loleta Holeman, Oklahoma City; and Lorene Weeks, Atlanta Georgia.