Sharon Kay “Shari” Holmes, age 76 years of Berrien Springs, Michigan died at 8:48 a.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Lakeland Hospital – Niles, Michigan following an illness.
She was born on March 6, 1939 in Elkhart, Indiana to Gerald Oliver and Thelma Lurene (Knoblock) DeForest. She was graduated from Niles High School, and from the Twin City Beauty College. She has lived in the same home on Scherr Road for fifty years and operated Shari’s Hair Styling from that home.
Shari was formerly active in area bowling leagues at the former A.A. Timber-Lanes Bowling Alley as a bowler, team sponsor, and league secretary. She enjoyed hunting and fishing, usually at the trailer at Big Smith Lake. Her greatest interest was her family, caring for her children and grandchildren, and always caring first for her husband.
On August 13, 1958 in Roseland, Indiana she married Alonzo James “Lon” Holmes with whom she celebrated the fifty-fourth anniversary of their wedding prior to his death on May 4, 2013. They were also preceded in death by a son, Sergeant Michael James Holmes, United States Army who was killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Viet Nam on June 15, 1967.
Surviving family includes their children, James (& Angela) Holmes of Niles, Gary (& Victoria) Holmes of Berrien Springs, Joyce Kerschner and Nancy (& Patrick) Hemminger, both of South Bend; grandchildren, Gary Michael Holmes, Lisa Tyler Bailey, Chelssy Elizabeth Bennett, Zachary James Holmes, Katherine Joy Holmes, Michael Hemminger, Christine Hemminger, Kathy Nitz, Stephen Hemminger, Cyndee Crawford, Wendee Kerschner, Julie Layman, and Andrew Kerschner; fifteen great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren, and Shari’s sister, Jacqueline “Jackie” (& Robert) Hess and twin brothers, Richard L. “Dick” (& Melva) DeForest and Thomas O. (& Donna) DeForest, all of Niles; and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral service for Shari Holmes will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles with Elder Maurice Burton, Co-pastor of Refreshing Fountains Outreach Ministry Church of God in Christ officiating. Committal will be private on Tuesday at the Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
She was born on March 6, 1939 in Elkhart, Indiana to Gerald Oliver and Thelma Lurene (Knoblock) DeForest. She was graduated from Niles High School, and from the Twin City Beauty College. She has lived in the same home on Scherr Road for fifty years and operated Shari’s Hair Styling from that home.
Shari was formerly active in area bowling leagues at the former A.A. Timber-Lanes Bowling Alley as a bowler, team sponsor, and league secretary. She enjoyed hunting and fishing, usually at the trailer at Big Smith Lake. Her greatest interest was her family, caring for her children and grandchildren, and always caring first for her husband.
On August 13, 1958 in Roseland, Indiana she married Alonzo James “Lon” Holmes with whom she celebrated the fifty-fourth anniversary of their wedding prior to his death on May 4, 2013. They were also preceded in death by a son, Sergeant Michael James Holmes, United States Army who was killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Viet Nam on June 15, 1967.
Surviving family includes their children, James (& Angela) Holmes of Niles, Gary (& Victoria) Holmes of Berrien Springs, Joyce Kerschner and Nancy (& Patrick) Hemminger, both of South Bend; grandchildren, Gary Michael Holmes, Lisa Tyler Bailey, Chelssy Elizabeth Bennett, Zachary James Holmes, Katherine Joy Holmes, Michael Hemminger, Christine Hemminger, Kathy Nitz, Stephen Hemminger, Cyndee Crawford, Wendee Kerschner, Julie Layman, and Andrew Kerschner; fifteen great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren, and Shari’s sister, Jacqueline “Jackie” (& Robert) Hess and twin brothers, Richard L. “Dick” (& Melva) DeForest and Thomas O. (& Donna) DeForest, all of Niles; and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral service for Shari Holmes will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles with Elder Maurice Burton, Co-pastor of Refreshing Fountains Outreach Ministry Church of God in Christ officiating. Committal will be private on Tuesday at the Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
Sharon Kay “Shari” Holmes, age 76 years of Berrien Springs, Michigan died at 8:48 a.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Lakeland Hospital – Niles, Michigan following an illness.
She was born on March 6, 1939 in Elkhart, Indiana to Gerald Oliver and Thelma Lurene (Knoblock) DeForest. She was graduated from Niles High School, and from the Twin City Beauty College. She has lived in the same home on Scherr Road for fifty years and operated Shari’s Hair Styling from that home.
Shari was formerly active in area bowling leagues at the former A.A. Timber-Lanes Bowling Alley as a bowler, team sponsor, and league secretary. She enjoyed hunting and fishing, usually at the trailer at Big Smith Lake. Her greatest interest was her family, caring for her children and grandchildren, and always caring first for her husband.
On August 13, 1958 in Roseland, Indiana she married Alonzo James “Lon” Holmes with whom she celebrated the fifty-fourth anniversary of their wedding prior to his death on May 4, 2013. They were also preceded in death by a son, Sergeant Michael James Holmes, United States Army who was killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Viet Nam on June 15, 1967.
Surviving family includes their children, James (& Angela) Holmes of Niles, Gary (& Victoria) Holmes of Berrien Springs, Joyce Kerschner and Nancy (& Patrick) Hemminger, both of South Bend; grandchildren, Gary Michael Holmes, Lisa Tyler Bailey, Chelssy Elizabeth Bennett, Zachary James Holmes, Katherine Joy Holmes, Michael Hemminger, Christine Hemminger, Kathy Nitz, Stephen Hemminger, Cyndee Crawford, Wendee Kerschner, Julie Layman, and Andrew Kerschner; fifteen great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren, and Shari’s sister, Jacqueline “Jackie” (& Robert) Hess and twin brothers, Richard L. “Dick” (& Melva) DeForest and Thomas O. (& Donna) DeForest, all of Niles; and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral service for Shari Holmes will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles with Elder Maurice Burton, Co-pastor of Refreshing Fountains Outreach Ministry Church of God in Christ officiating. Committal will be private on Tuesday at the Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
She was born on March 6, 1939 in Elkhart, Indiana to Gerald Oliver and Thelma Lurene (Knoblock) DeForest. She was graduated from Niles High School, and from the Twin City Beauty College. She has lived in the same home on Scherr Road for fifty years and operated Shari’s Hair Styling from that home.
Shari was formerly active in area bowling leagues at the former A.A. Timber-Lanes Bowling Alley as a bowler, team sponsor, and league secretary. She enjoyed hunting and fishing, usually at the trailer at Big Smith Lake. Her greatest interest was her family, caring for her children and grandchildren, and always caring first for her husband.
On August 13, 1958 in Roseland, Indiana she married Alonzo James “Lon” Holmes with whom she celebrated the fifty-fourth anniversary of their wedding prior to his death on May 4, 2013. They were also preceded in death by a son, Sergeant Michael James Holmes, United States Army who was killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Viet Nam on June 15, 1967.
Surviving family includes their children, James (& Angela) Holmes of Niles, Gary (& Victoria) Holmes of Berrien Springs, Joyce Kerschner and Nancy (& Patrick) Hemminger, both of South Bend; grandchildren, Gary Michael Holmes, Lisa Tyler Bailey, Chelssy Elizabeth Bennett, Zachary James Holmes, Katherine Joy Holmes, Michael Hemminger, Christine Hemminger, Kathy Nitz, Stephen Hemminger, Cyndee Crawford, Wendee Kerschner, Julie Layman, and Andrew Kerschner; fifteen great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren, and Shari’s sister, Jacqueline “Jackie” (& Robert) Hess and twin brothers, Richard L. “Dick” (& Melva) DeForest and Thomas O. (& Donna) DeForest, all of Niles; and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral service for Shari Holmes will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles with Elder Maurice Burton, Co-pastor of Refreshing Fountains Outreach Ministry Church of God in Christ officiating. Committal will be private on Tuesday at the Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
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