homas Bayes Hollis passed away peacefully on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, surrounded by his loving children. He was 101.
Born and raised in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, he resided in Glenside for 60 years before moving to Ann's Choice Retirement Community in Warminster in 2013.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Edna, and brothers, Frank and James. He was the loving husband of Eleanor Willier Hollis for 46 years.
Tom graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1937. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
A registered pharmacist, he entered the U.S. Navy Reserves as a pharmacist mate at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital in 1942, and graduated from the USNR's Notre Dame Midshipman School in 1943. He was an ensign aboard the USS Miantomomah mine layer and a lieutenant aboard the USS Panamint communications flagship during the Battle of Okinawa, Japan. Lt. Hollis was the Officer on Deck who navigated the USS Panamint into Japan for the formal surrender of their Ominato Naval Base in September 1945.
He was a USNR Reservist until 1954. Web links to live interviews of his war experiences, recorded just before he turned 100, can be viewed at the U.S. Navy Memorial at http://navylog.navymemorial.org/story-month-September-2014.
Tom was a pharmaceutical representative for Abbott Laboratories for 33 years. He was an active member of the Glenside UCC for about 60 years, serving as a deacon, elder, and head usher.
He was most happy when he was with family and friends playing golf, billiards, pinochle, and bridge; and vacationing at the Jersey Shore.
He is survived by three children, Judy, Nancy (Joe), and Tom; five grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to his viewing at 10 a.m., Monday, followed by his funeral service at 11 a.m., at Glenside United Church of Christ, 2160 Wharton Road, Glenside, PA 19038. Interment will be in Hillside Cemetery. A memorial service will also be held in the chapel at Ann's Choice at 11 a.m. on Feb. 26.
The Intelligencer, Feb. 12, 2016
Born and raised in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, he resided in Glenside for 60 years before moving to Ann's Choice Retirement Community in Warminster in 2013.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Edna, and brothers, Frank and James. He was the loving husband of Eleanor Willier Hollis for 46 years.
Tom graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1937. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
A registered pharmacist, he entered the U.S. Navy Reserves as a pharmacist mate at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital in 1942, and graduated from the USNR's Notre Dame Midshipman School in 1943. He was an ensign aboard the USS Miantomomah mine layer and a lieutenant aboard the USS Panamint communications flagship during the Battle of Okinawa, Japan. Lt. Hollis was the Officer on Deck who navigated the USS Panamint into Japan for the formal surrender of their Ominato Naval Base in September 1945.
He was a USNR Reservist until 1954. Web links to live interviews of his war experiences, recorded just before he turned 100, can be viewed at the U.S. Navy Memorial at http://navylog.navymemorial.org/story-month-September-2014.
Tom was a pharmaceutical representative for Abbott Laboratories for 33 years. He was an active member of the Glenside UCC for about 60 years, serving as a deacon, elder, and head usher.
He was most happy when he was with family and friends playing golf, billiards, pinochle, and bridge; and vacationing at the Jersey Shore.
He is survived by three children, Judy, Nancy (Joe), and Tom; five grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to his viewing at 10 a.m., Monday, followed by his funeral service at 11 a.m., at Glenside United Church of Christ, 2160 Wharton Road, Glenside, PA 19038. Interment will be in Hillside Cemetery. A memorial service will also be held in the chapel at Ann's Choice at 11 a.m. on Feb. 26.
The Intelligencer, Feb. 12, 2016
homas Bayes Hollis passed away peacefully on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, surrounded by his loving children. He was 101.
Born and raised in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, he resided in Glenside for 60 years before moving to Ann's Choice Retirement Community in Warminster in 2013.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Edna, and brothers, Frank and James. He was the loving husband of Eleanor Willier Hollis for 46 years.
Tom graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1937. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
A registered pharmacist, he entered the U.S. Navy Reserves as a pharmacist mate at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital in 1942, and graduated from the USNR's Notre Dame Midshipman School in 1943. He was an ensign aboard the USS Miantomomah mine layer and a lieutenant aboard the USS Panamint communications flagship during the Battle of Okinawa, Japan. Lt. Hollis was the Officer on Deck who navigated the USS Panamint into Japan for the formal surrender of their Ominato Naval Base in September 1945.
He was a USNR Reservist until 1954. Web links to live interviews of his war experiences, recorded just before he turned 100, can be viewed at the U.S. Navy Memorial at http://navylog.navymemorial.org/story-month-September-2014.
Tom was a pharmaceutical representative for Abbott Laboratories for 33 years. He was an active member of the Glenside UCC for about 60 years, serving as a deacon, elder, and head usher.
He was most happy when he was with family and friends playing golf, billiards, pinochle, and bridge; and vacationing at the Jersey Shore.
He is survived by three children, Judy, Nancy (Joe), and Tom; five grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to his viewing at 10 a.m., Monday, followed by his funeral service at 11 a.m., at Glenside United Church of Christ, 2160 Wharton Road, Glenside, PA 19038. Interment will be in Hillside Cemetery. A memorial service will also be held in the chapel at Ann's Choice at 11 a.m. on Feb. 26.
The Intelligencer, Feb. 12, 2016
Born and raised in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, he resided in Glenside for 60 years before moving to Ann's Choice Retirement Community in Warminster in 2013.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Edna, and brothers, Frank and James. He was the loving husband of Eleanor Willier Hollis for 46 years.
Tom graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1937. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
A registered pharmacist, he entered the U.S. Navy Reserves as a pharmacist mate at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital in 1942, and graduated from the USNR's Notre Dame Midshipman School in 1943. He was an ensign aboard the USS Miantomomah mine layer and a lieutenant aboard the USS Panamint communications flagship during the Battle of Okinawa, Japan. Lt. Hollis was the Officer on Deck who navigated the USS Panamint into Japan for the formal surrender of their Ominato Naval Base in September 1945.
He was a USNR Reservist until 1954. Web links to live interviews of his war experiences, recorded just before he turned 100, can be viewed at the U.S. Navy Memorial at http://navylog.navymemorial.org/story-month-September-2014.
Tom was a pharmaceutical representative for Abbott Laboratories for 33 years. He was an active member of the Glenside UCC for about 60 years, serving as a deacon, elder, and head usher.
He was most happy when he was with family and friends playing golf, billiards, pinochle, and bridge; and vacationing at the Jersey Shore.
He is survived by three children, Judy, Nancy (Joe), and Tom; five grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to his viewing at 10 a.m., Monday, followed by his funeral service at 11 a.m., at Glenside United Church of Christ, 2160 Wharton Road, Glenside, PA 19038. Interment will be in Hillside Cemetery. A memorial service will also be held in the chapel at Ann's Choice at 11 a.m. on Feb. 26.
The Intelligencer, Feb. 12, 2016
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