"Dear Nancy and Dave and families, Just a note to say how sorry I was to read of your mom's passing during one of my recent "check-ins" to the online Times-Republican. I just wanted to let you know how much the kindness and stability of both your parents meant to me (and Craig) when our own parents were dealing with our dad's illness and extended hospital stays. Your mom was a wonderful, warm person, and those afternoons baking cookies with her in your kitchen out on the farm (while everyone else was in school) made those confusing days a little less so, and I will always be grateful. With sympathy and hugs, Karen Keefer Plut "
In loving memory of
Doris M. Holroyd
May 1, 1922 - August 16, 2018
Doris M. Holroyd, 96, of Baton Rouge, LA, formerly of Marshalltown, IA, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2018, at St. James Place in Baton Rouge. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 25, 2018, at Anderson Funeral Homes in Marshalltown. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m., until the time of the services, at the funeral home. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown. Memorials may be directed to St. Mary's Church, Albion Municipal Library, or Mayo Clinic.
Doris May Quinn was born May 1, 1922, to Charles Thomas and Anna May (Korab) Quinn. She graduated from Marshalltown High School, Marshalltown Junior College, and Drake University. Doris was united in marriage to John M. Holroyd on October 9, 1948, at St. Mary's Church in Marshalltown. They were the parents of David John Holroyd and Nancy May Holroyd. Doris worked 12 years in the office of Fisher Governor Company and then became a full-time homemaker. She later was employed for 17 years in the media center of Anson Elementary School, retiring in 1989. Doris was a member of St. Mary's Church, Beta Sigma Phi, and Albion New Century Club. She was a member of the founding board of trustees of Albion Municipal Library, serving as board secretary for 14 years.
Doris is survived by her son, David J. (Georletty) Holroyd of Lima, Peru; daughter Nancy (Joel) Markert and their children, Matthew Walter and Emma May of Baton Rouge, LA; sister Ardyth Soppe of Cedar Rapids, IA; niece Shelley McDowell and her family of Cedar Rapids; and nephews Donald Robertson of San Francisco, CA, and Bruce Robertson of Reno, NV, and their families. She was preceded in death by her husband, John.