Sheriff William Holmes died from exhaustion while fighting a prairie fire near Baker.
Sheriff Holmes was a WWI veteran. He was survived by his wife.
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The Billings Gazette
Friday, August 12, 1949
Page 10
Sheriff's Rites Are Conducted
Services Are Held For Wm. Holmes
Baker, Aug. 11 - Funeral services for William Holmes, Fallon county sheriff who died of exhaustion after fighting a prairie fire south of here, were conducted Wednesday in the Baker high school auditorium.
The Rev. George E. Meyer, pastor of the Baker Community church, officiated and military services were conducted by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Denzil R. Young, R. H. Robinson and Harold Sinclair, with Mrs. Jundt as accompanist, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden."
E. J. Nelson was chaplain for the V.F.W. and Arthur Martin served as legion post commander. Color guards were Thomas Eilek and Wilfred Kimble and color bearers were William Shelley, Gene Wellenstein, Francis LaCross and Gene Russell.
The firing squad was under the command of Eugene Duppler and included Ervin Keirle, B. Flint, Scott Mitchell, Dale Olson, Bob Mitchell, Earl Jacobs, Wayne Speelmon and Ed Pederson. Jay Judd was bugler.
Burial was in Bonnievale cemetery and honorary pallbearers were Ed Blazer, George Morton, L. B. LaCross, John Coldwell, William Lambert and Robert Yokley. Active pallbearers were Arthur Kuehn. William Moscrip, Floyd Ellis, Carl Thompson, James Mulry and H. S. Proctor.
Mr. Holmes was born in Irwin, Iowa, March 5, 1896, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes. In 1915 he came to Willard to work on a farm and enlisted in the army at Helena July 28, 1917.
He served in France and was wounded in the battle of St. Mihiel. He was awarded the purple heart and starts for participation in three major battles of the war. He also received the selective service medal for his work with the draft board during World war II.
After receiving his discharge he engaged in farming near Willard until 1935 when he moved to Baker. He was named under sheriff by James Kochel and served in the same capacity under Andrew Andolshek. Upon the latter's death Holmes was appointed sheriff and was elected to that position last November. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lois Epley Holmes, whom he married in Miles City Nov. 28, 1923; two sisters, Mrs. Millie Gaines and Mrs. Addy Stephens of Irwin, and two brothers, Carl Holmes of Randolph, Iowa, and Ed Holmes of Zion, Ill.
Sheriff Holmes was a WWI veteran. He was survived by his wife.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/6658-sheriff-william-holmes#ixzz3DOGg6jFG
The Billings Gazette
Friday, August 12, 1949
Page 10
Sheriff's Rites Are Conducted
Services Are Held For Wm. Holmes
Baker, Aug. 11 - Funeral services for William Holmes, Fallon county sheriff who died of exhaustion after fighting a prairie fire south of here, were conducted Wednesday in the Baker high school auditorium.
The Rev. George E. Meyer, pastor of the Baker Community church, officiated and military services were conducted by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Denzil R. Young, R. H. Robinson and Harold Sinclair, with Mrs. Jundt as accompanist, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden."
E. J. Nelson was chaplain for the V.F.W. and Arthur Martin served as legion post commander. Color guards were Thomas Eilek and Wilfred Kimble and color bearers were William Shelley, Gene Wellenstein, Francis LaCross and Gene Russell.
The firing squad was under the command of Eugene Duppler and included Ervin Keirle, B. Flint, Scott Mitchell, Dale Olson, Bob Mitchell, Earl Jacobs, Wayne Speelmon and Ed Pederson. Jay Judd was bugler.
Burial was in Bonnievale cemetery and honorary pallbearers were Ed Blazer, George Morton, L. B. LaCross, John Coldwell, William Lambert and Robert Yokley. Active pallbearers were Arthur Kuehn. William Moscrip, Floyd Ellis, Carl Thompson, James Mulry and H. S. Proctor.
Mr. Holmes was born in Irwin, Iowa, March 5, 1896, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes. In 1915 he came to Willard to work on a farm and enlisted in the army at Helena July 28, 1917.
He served in France and was wounded in the battle of St. Mihiel. He was awarded the purple heart and starts for participation in three major battles of the war. He also received the selective service medal for his work with the draft board during World war II.
After receiving his discharge he engaged in farming near Willard until 1935 when he moved to Baker. He was named under sheriff by James Kochel and served in the same capacity under Andrew Andolshek. Upon the latter's death Holmes was appointed sheriff and was elected to that position last November. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lois Epley Holmes, whom he married in Miles City Nov. 28, 1923; two sisters, Mrs. Millie Gaines and Mrs. Addy Stephens of Irwin, and two brothers, Carl Holmes of Randolph, Iowa, and Ed Holmes of Zion, Ill.
Sheriff William Holmes died from exhaustion while fighting a prairie fire near Baker.
Sheriff Holmes was a WWI veteran. He was survived by his wife.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/6658-sheriff-william-holmes#ixzz3DOGg6jFG
The Billings Gazette
Friday, August 12, 1949
Page 10
Sheriff's Rites Are Conducted
Services Are Held For Wm. Holmes
Baker, Aug. 11 - Funeral services for William Holmes, Fallon county sheriff who died of exhaustion after fighting a prairie fire south of here, were conducted Wednesday in the Baker high school auditorium.
The Rev. George E. Meyer, pastor of the Baker Community church, officiated and military services were conducted by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Denzil R. Young, R. H. Robinson and Harold Sinclair, with Mrs. Jundt as accompanist, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden."
E. J. Nelson was chaplain for the V.F.W. and Arthur Martin served as legion post commander. Color guards were Thomas Eilek and Wilfred Kimble and color bearers were William Shelley, Gene Wellenstein, Francis LaCross and Gene Russell.
The firing squad was under the command of Eugene Duppler and included Ervin Keirle, B. Flint, Scott Mitchell, Dale Olson, Bob Mitchell, Earl Jacobs, Wayne Speelmon and Ed Pederson. Jay Judd was bugler.
Burial was in Bonnievale cemetery and honorary pallbearers were Ed Blazer, George Morton, L. B. LaCross, John Coldwell, William Lambert and Robert Yokley. Active pallbearers were Arthur Kuehn. William Moscrip, Floyd Ellis, Carl Thompson, James Mulry and H. S. Proctor.
Mr. Holmes was born in Irwin, Iowa, March 5, 1896, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes. In 1915 he came to Willard to work on a farm and enlisted in the army at Helena July 28, 1917.
He served in France and was wounded in the battle of St. Mihiel. He was awarded the purple heart and starts for participation in three major battles of the war. He also received the selective service medal for his work with the draft board during World war II.
After receiving his discharge he engaged in farming near Willard until 1935 when he moved to Baker. He was named under sheriff by James Kochel and served in the same capacity under Andrew Andolshek. Upon the latter's death Holmes was appointed sheriff and was elected to that position last November. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lois Epley Holmes, whom he married in Miles City Nov. 28, 1923; two sisters, Mrs. Millie Gaines and Mrs. Addy Stephens of Irwin, and two brothers, Carl Holmes of Randolph, Iowa, and Ed Holmes of Zion, Ill.
Sheriff Holmes was a WWI veteran. He was survived by his wife.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/6658-sheriff-william-holmes#ixzz3DOGg6jFG
The Billings Gazette
Friday, August 12, 1949
Page 10
Sheriff's Rites Are Conducted
Services Are Held For Wm. Holmes
Baker, Aug. 11 - Funeral services for William Holmes, Fallon county sheriff who died of exhaustion after fighting a prairie fire south of here, were conducted Wednesday in the Baker high school auditorium.
The Rev. George E. Meyer, pastor of the Baker Community church, officiated and military services were conducted by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Denzil R. Young, R. H. Robinson and Harold Sinclair, with Mrs. Jundt as accompanist, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden."
E. J. Nelson was chaplain for the V.F.W. and Arthur Martin served as legion post commander. Color guards were Thomas Eilek and Wilfred Kimble and color bearers were William Shelley, Gene Wellenstein, Francis LaCross and Gene Russell.
The firing squad was under the command of Eugene Duppler and included Ervin Keirle, B. Flint, Scott Mitchell, Dale Olson, Bob Mitchell, Earl Jacobs, Wayne Speelmon and Ed Pederson. Jay Judd was bugler.
Burial was in Bonnievale cemetery and honorary pallbearers were Ed Blazer, George Morton, L. B. LaCross, John Coldwell, William Lambert and Robert Yokley. Active pallbearers were Arthur Kuehn. William Moscrip, Floyd Ellis, Carl Thompson, James Mulry and H. S. Proctor.
Mr. Holmes was born in Irwin, Iowa, March 5, 1896, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes. In 1915 he came to Willard to work on a farm and enlisted in the army at Helena July 28, 1917.
He served in France and was wounded in the battle of St. Mihiel. He was awarded the purple heart and starts for participation in three major battles of the war. He also received the selective service medal for his work with the draft board during World war II.
After receiving his discharge he engaged in farming near Willard until 1935 when he moved to Baker. He was named under sheriff by James Kochel and served in the same capacity under Andrew Andolshek. Upon the latter's death Holmes was appointed sheriff and was elected to that position last November. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lois Epley Holmes, whom he married in Miles City Nov. 28, 1923; two sisters, Mrs. Millie Gaines and Mrs. Addy Stephens of Irwin, and two brothers, Carl Holmes of Randolph, Iowa, and Ed Holmes of Zion, Ill.
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