Lionel-Holmes-Obituary

Lionel Joseph Holmes

Cottonwood, California

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DIED
October 20, 2017
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Cottonwood, California

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Lionel died October 20 at age 98. He was born in Tulare, Cal, moved to Sacramento and lived at 1027 S St. in 1920 until moving to Oakland. He graduated from Saint Mary's College in 1941, worked for the Oakland Tribune, then drafted into WW2, serving in Guadalcanal. Upon discharge in New York he...

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lionel Holmes was a friend of my dad from their college years at S. Mary's in Moraga.
I have recently come across a lovely photo of my parents, John and Mary Klein who met in New York. There are two other couples in the photo and we believe it is Dick Colbert and my mom's friend Dorrie and possibly Lionel and Irene. I am not very tech savy and dont know how to attach the photo. If you would like a copy please give me an address and I would be happy to send a copy.

Mary Klein...

May he rest in peace. I believe he is in a better place and much happier and, mostly at peace.