Velma Pauline Holmes

Velma P. Holmes CONESVILLE, Iowa--Velma Pauline Holmes, 93, of Conesville, died on Monday, April 14, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 18, 2014, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction. Burial will take place in Conesville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society in Velma's name. Velma was born on September 23, 1920, in Mercer County, Missouri, the daughter of Joshua Lee and Lottie Cain Dinsmore. On January 16, 1941, Velma was united in marriage to Carl L. Holmes in Osceola. He preceded her in death in 1987. Velma retired from Owens Brush in Iowa City after 20 years of service. Velma will be dearly missed by her children, Larry Holmes and wife, Ruby, of Osceola, Jim Holmes and wife, Sherry, of Coweta, Oklahoma, Richard Holmes and wife, Cindy, of Moscow, Donna Williams and husband, Jim, of Marion, Jo Ann Buckman of Nichols, Patricia Bass of Gorin, Missouri, Bessie McCulley and husband, Koobie, of Conesville, and Kathryn Smith and husband, Bernie, of...[more]

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yland; 24 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great great-grandchild. Velma was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one son, Michael Lloyd Holmes; one great-grandson, Cody Lee Trembly; and two sisters, Marjorie Wheatley and Alvretta Thornton.