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Jane Holdsworth Obituary

Holdsworth, Jane (nee Gebken), baptized into the hope of Christ's resurrection, Friday, February 10, 2012 at age 90. Dear wife of the late Arthur Bud Holdsworth. Dear mother of Leslie (Michael) Dunnington, Andrea (Doug) Sakmar and the late Craig Holdsworth. Dear grandmother of Maggie (Kyle Wootten) Sullivan, Brendan (Sarah) Sullivan, Casey (Monica) Sullivan, Josh (Kristen Morda) Sakmar and Liz Sakmar; dear great grandmother of Ellen, Finnegan, Rowan, London, Grant, Carter and Kali. Dear sister of Doris DeVinney, Claire Goodman, R. Thomas (Sue) Gebken, and the late C. Robert Gebken; dear sisterin-law of Anne Gebken. Dear aunt, cousin and friend to many. Services: Funeral Mass at St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church, 15642 Clayton Road Ellisville, MO 63011 on Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Interment, Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Down Syndrome Association of Greater St. Louis, 8420 Delmar Blvd. Ste. 200 St. Louis, MO 63124 or Mercy Hospice, 1000 Des Peres Rd., Ste. 200B, St. Louis, MO 63131. Visitation at the church, Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012 from 10-11 a.m. A service of the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory. Friends may sign the family's on-line guestbook at Schrader.com.

Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Feb. 12, 2012.

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February 13, 2012

Andrea,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your whole family. Bev

David Ilges

February 13, 2012

Mrs. Holdsworth was my teacher at St. Pius V School. She was a true class act and I remember her to this day. My condolences on your loss. David Ilges class of 1979.

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