PERU -- William D. Holley, 43, Rt. 2 Peru, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday in North Manchester. He was electrocuted. Mr. Holley was helping a friend, William B. Farmer, North Manchester, take down a television antenna when the antenna fell on electrical wires, killing both men, said Darwin DeLaughter, Wabash County Coroner.
Born in Wabash, Mr. Holley was a supervisor and a relief foreman for the U.S. Gypsum Co., Wabash. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy; two daughters, Becky and Tonya, both of Wabash; a son, Chad, at home; two stepsons, Brian and Jeff Kasuff, at home; a stepdaughter, Melissa Kasuff, at home; three brothers, Bernard, Jack and Robert, all of Wabash; and four sisters, Pauline French, Viola Lehner and Darline Graf, all of Wabash, and Matty Maas, Lowell.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
PERU -- William D. Holley, 43, Rt. 2 Peru, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday in North Manchester. He was electrocuted. Mr. Holley was helping a friend, William B. Farmer, North Manchester, take down a television antenna when the antenna fell on electrical wires, killing both men, said Darwin DeLaughter, Wabash County Coroner.
Born in Wabash, Mr. Holley was a supervisor and a relief foreman for the U.S. Gypsum Co., Wabash. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy; two daughters, Becky and Tonya, both of Wabash; a son, Chad, at home; two stepsons, Brian and Jeff Kasuff, at home; a stepdaughter, Melissa Kasuff, at home; three brothers, Bernard, Jack and Robert, all of Wabash; and four sisters, Pauline French, Viola Lehner and Darline Graf, all of Wabash, and Matty Maas, Lowell.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Family Members
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Pauline Elizabeth Holley French
1919–1990
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Viola Marie Holley Lehner
1922–2020
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Charles Junior Holley
1924–1974
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Chester Junior Holley Jr
1926–1975
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Robert E "Bob" Holley Sr
1929–2005
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Darline Joann Holley Graf
1933–2001
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Jack Lee Holley Sr
1934–1986
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Bernadine Holley
1938–1938
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Bernard Holley
1938–1997
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Patricia Ann "Pat" Holley Maas
1939–2008
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