Timothy Hugh Hollingsworth

1942 - 2018

Timothy Hugh Hollingsworth

Petaluma, CA - A writer, a poet, and an artist, a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Timothy Hugh Hollingsworth passed away peacefully at his home in Petaluma, California on December 12, 2018 after a long battle with cancer.

Tim was born on August 20, 1942 in Mansfield, Ohio. He attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana, and completed his undergraduate studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Tim joined the officer training in the Marine Corp while attending college, until he received an honorable medical discharge due to injury. Tim married Shirley, his high school sweetheart, in April 1964. In 1965, Tim and Shirley moved to northern California and purchased their first home in Bolinas, where they later welcomed their eldest son Jasper Cory.

In 1969, Tim took a teaching position at the Aquinas Institute of Rochester in Rochester, New York. They soon welcomed their second son Jesse Zane when they lived outside of Naples, New York. While living in upstate New York, Tim and Shirley bought a 65-acre farm in Yates County, raising 27 dairy goats, chickens, and four obnoxious horses. Tim and Shirley then took teaching positions in Florida, and moved their young family of four down to Fort Myers, Florida in 1981. Together Tim and Shirley worked as teachers and counselors in Florida for the next 27 years, until they retired in St. Petersburg, Florida. In 2010, Tim and Shirley moved to Sonoma County, California to live close to their family.

Tim was generous, kind, funny, intelligent, and had many talents. Throughout his teaching career, he enjoyed writing poetry, short stories, and humorous articles. Tim published the book, Barking at Bears, to remember one of his dear friends. He was also interested in watercolor painting and produced many paintings of California and Florida landscapes.

Tim is survived by his loving wife Shirley, son and daughter-in-law Jasper and Christina, son and daughter-in-law Jesse and Kristen, his granddaughters Andie, Ryan, and Sydney, his beloved dachshund Honey, many close friends in California, Florida and New York, and his extended family in Ohio.