Individual Details
Louis Benjamin Holmes
(4 Mar 1896 - 16 Feb 1970)
Worked for the Great Northern Railway Co as machinist for 50 yrs. WWI vet.
Obituary:
Louis B. Holmes, 73, Rt. 3, a retired employ of the Great Northern Railway Co. died at the St Cloud Hospital on Monday. He was born March 4, 1896, at Clarksville, Iowa, to John and Carrie Holmes and married Ellen Eva Yager in St Cloud.
He was employed as a machinist by the Great Northern Railway Co. for 50 years and retired in 1965.
He was a life member of Veteran's Association of the Great Northern Railway, a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America, Veterans of World War I Barrack 668, North Star Lodge 23, St Cloud Chapter 10, Royal Arch Masons, Nazarene Commandry 24, Knights Templar, Osman Temple and Legion of Honor. He was an honorary member of the Legion of Honor.
Mr. Holmes is survivied by his widow; two sons, Calvin and Edward, St Cloud, three grandchildren; and a brother, Oscar, St Cloud. He was preceeded in death by two sisters.
Funeral Services are held at 10 am Thursday at the First United Methodist Church with burial in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis.
Friends may call at the Daniel Funeral Home after 2pm Wednesday.
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Funeral CArd
Louis B Holmes
Born
March 4, 1896
Clarkesville, Iowa
PAssed Away
February 16, 1970
St Cloud, MN
Services Conducted At
First United Methodist Church
Thursday, February 19, 1970
10:00am
Resting Place
Fort Snelling National Cemetery
St PAul, MN
Daniel Funeral Home
St Cloud, MN
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Obituary:
Louis B. Holmes, 73, Rt. 3, a retired employ of the Great Northern Railway Co. died at the St Cloud Hospital on Monday. He was born March 4, 1896, at Clarksville, Iowa, to John and Carrie Holmes and married Ellen Eva Yager in St Cloud.
He was employed as a machinist by the Great Northern Railway Co. for 50 years and retired in 1965.
He was a life member of Veteran's Association of the Great Northern Railway, a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America, Veterans of World War I Barrack 668, North Star Lodge 23, St Cloud Chapter 10, Royal Arch Masons, Nazarene Commandry 24, Knights Templar, Osman Temple and Legion of Honor. He was an honorary member of the Legion of Honor.
Mr. Holmes is survivied by his widow; two sons, Calvin and Edward, St Cloud, three grandchildren; and a brother, Oscar, St Cloud. He was preceeded in death by two sisters.
Funeral Services are held at 10 am Thursday at the First United Methodist Church with burial in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis.
Friends may call at the Daniel Funeral Home after 2pm Wednesday.
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Funeral CArd
Louis B Holmes
Born
March 4, 1896
Clarkesville, Iowa
PAssed Away
February 16, 1970
St Cloud, MN
Services Conducted At
First United Methodist Church
Thursday, February 19, 1970
10:00am
Resting Place
Fort Snelling National Cemetery
St PAul, MN
Daniel Funeral Home
St Cloud, MN
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Events
| Birth | 4 Mar 1896 | Clarksville, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 1 May 1924 | St Cloud, Minnesota, United States - Ellen Eva Loretta Yager | |||
| Death | 16 Feb 1970 | St Cloud, Stearns, MN |  |  | |
| Burial | 19 Feb 1970 | Fort Snelling National Cemetery, St.Paul, MN | | | |
| Census (family) | 1940 US Census | St Cloud City, Stearns, Minnesota, United States - Ellen Eva Loretta Yager | | ||
| Military | Pvt US Army WWI | | |||
| Residence | 807 McKinley Place So, St Cloud, MN |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen Eva Loretta Yager (1903 - 1973) |
| Child | Calvin Louis Holmes (1924 - 2001) |
| Child | Edward Victor "Eddie" Holmes (1927 - 1978) |
| Father | John S Holmes (1865 - 1932) |
| Mother | Carrie M Buchholz (1872 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Oscar Holmes (1900 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Hazel Holmes ( - ) |
| Sibling | Holmes ( - ) |
Notes
Death
Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2017Add alternate information
Report issueName: Louis B Holmes
Death Age: 73
Record Type: Death
Birth Date: 4 Mar 1896
Death Date: 16 Feb 1970
Death Place: Stearns
Death Registration Date: 1970
Mother's Maiden Name: Buchholz
Certificate Number: 004495
Record Number: 1768846
Source Citation
Minnesota Department of Health; St Paul, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2017
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2017 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2017. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health.
Burial
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Census (family)
1940 US Census St Cloud Stearns MN807 McKinley Place So
Holmes, Louis B 44 8th IA Same place 1935 Car repairman Steam railroad
Ellen E 36 H-4 MN Same
Calvin 15 8th gr MN Same
Edward 11 4th MN Same
Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: St Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01961; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 73-55
Description
Enumeration District: 73-55; Description: ST. CLOUD CITY WARD 1 BOUNDED BY (N) 7TH S; (E) 10TH AV S; (S) CITY LIMITS; (W) WARD LINE, GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
Military
25 July 1918 - 10 June 1919Endnotes
1. Daniel Funeral Home St Cloud, MN.
2. Daniel Funeral Home St Cloud, MN.