Individual Details

Franklin Dwain Holbrook

(11 Jun 1926 - 11 Feb 2002)

Franklin Dwain "Doc" Holbrook, 75, of Sheridan died Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, at his home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Champion Ferries Funeral Home with Pastor Stephen Anselmo officiating. Interment will be in Sheridan Municipal Cemetery. Mr. Holbrook was born June 11, 1926, in Sheridan to Dr. B.F. and Phila (Wilson) Holbrook. The family moved to Thermopolis and Worland, but returned to Sheridan in 1934. Mr. Holbrook attended Linden School and was a 1944 graduate of Sheridan High School, where he was a champion in pingpong and horseshoes, played football and was in the Latin Club and National Honor Society. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and served in Europe, where he was wounded by a sniper in France in March 1945. He attended the University of Berne, Switzerland, a short time before returning home, where he was discharged in May 1946. He was a 1951 graduate of Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Minneapolis and practiced in Worland until 1956, when he moved to Casper. He married Joanne Hoveland in 1968 in Casper. He returned to Sheridan in June 1999. He held 13 state bowling titles and was a member of the Bowlers Hall of Fame. He belonged to the Wyoming and American chiropractic associations and Our Father's House/Open Bible Church in Sheridan. He was preceded in death by a sister, Myrtle Verden, and a brother, Dale. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Gus and John, both of Casper; three sisters, Myra Collins and Mereen Klein, both of Phoenix, and Marva Nye of Chadron, Neb.; and five grandsons. Memorials may be made to Our Father's House/Open Bible Church in care of Delphine Toner, First Interstate Bank, P.O. Box 2007, Sheridan, WY 82801.

Events

Birth11 Jun 1926Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming
Census (family)-shared10 Apr 1930(Dr. Benjamin Franklin Holbrook and Phila Adelaide Wilson) Worland, Washakie County, Wyoming
Census (family)-shared28 Apr 1940(Dr. Benjamin Franklin Holbrook and Phila Adelaide Wilson) Sheridan County, Wyoming
Military3 Sep 1944Enlistment - Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado
Marriage17 Aug 1968Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming - Joanne Lillian Hoveland
Residence1 Jun 1999Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming
Death11 Feb 2002Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming
BurialSheridan Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan County, Wyoming

Families

SpouseJoanne Lillian Hoveland (1941 - 2017)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherDr. Benjamin Franklin Holbrook (1883 - 1961)
MotherPhila Adelaide Wilson (1892 - 1955)
SiblingMereen Adlen Holbrook (1913 - 2011)
SiblingMarva Jane Holbrook (1915 - 2010)
SiblingMyrtle Phila Holbrook (1919 - 1997)
SiblingWilson Dale Holbrook (1921 - 1930)
SiblingMyra Joann Holbrook (1934 - 2003)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Benjiman F Holbrook Head M 46 Nebraska - Chiropractor, own office
Phila A Holbrook Wife F 38 Nebraska
Mereen Holbrook Daughter F 16 Nebraska
Marva Holbrook Daughter F 14 Minnesota
Myrtle Holbrook Daughter F 10 Wyoming
Dale Holbrook Son M 8 Wyoming
Dwain Holbrook Son M 3 Wyoming

Census (family)-shared

Benjamin F Holbrook Head M 56 Nebraska - Chiropractor, own office
Phila A Holbrook Wife F 48 Nebraska
Dwain F Holbrook Son M 13 Wyoming
Myra J Holbrook Daughter F 6 Wyoming
Albert L Joyce Son-in-law M 25 Wyoming - Deliveryman, creamery
Myrtle P Joyce Daughter F 20 Wyoming

Military

Franklin D Holbrook
Name HOLBROOK FRANKLIN D
Event Type Military Service
Event Date 03 Sep 1944
Term of Enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Event Place Denver, Colorado, United States
Race White
Citizenship Status citizen
Birth Year 1926
Birthplace WYOMING
Education Level 4 years of high school
Marital Status Single, without dependents
Military Rank Private
Army Branch No branch assignment
Army Component Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source Reference Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
Serial Number 17006298
Affiliate ARC Identifier 1263923

Residence

Frank D Holbrook
Also Known As Franklin Dwain Holbrook
Event Date 01 Jun 1999-01 Dec 2001
Event Place Sheridan, Wyoming, United States
Birth Date 11 Jun 1926
Address Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
Address Date 01 Jun 1999-01 Dec 2001
2nd Address Casper, Wyoming 82601
2nd Address Date 01 Dec 1993
3rd Address Casper, Wyoming 82609
3rd Address Date 01 Nov 1987-31 Dec 1996
Possible Relatives Joanne L Holbrook, Joanne Lillian Holbrook

Burial

PLOT Block 57 Lot 12
Weldon Brouillette owned the plot according to cemetery records.

Endnotes

1. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7WH-BZS : accessed 4 June 2019), Benjiman F Holbrook, Worland, Washakie, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 9A, line 42, family 233, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2625; FHL microfilm 2,342,359..

2. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT4B-V78 : 16 March 2018), Benjamin F Holbrook, Ward 2, Sheridan, Election District 2, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17-2, sheet 23A, line 35, family 611, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4575..

3. "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8G8-MW2 : 5 December 2014), Franklin D Holbrook, enlisted 03 Sep 1944, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland..

4. "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K5GL-TVS : 22 May 2014), Frank D Holbrook, Residence, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information..

5. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5CJ-K3R : 20 May 2014), Franklin D Holbrook, 11 Feb 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..

6. Find A Grave Memorial 34838760.