Notes for Carl Ferdinand Holmes, Sr

Family Group Sheet

Notes for Carl Ferdinand Holmes, Sr

Obit
Monday May 12, 2008
Carl F. Holmes
By Enterprise staff
Published Jan 21, 2005 - 16:09:57 CST.
Carl Ferdinand Holmes died Jan. 15, 2005, at St. John's Retirement Village in Woodland with his daughter at his side. He was 94.A memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at St. Anthony's Parish Hall, 511 Main St. in Winters.Born Oct. 15, 1910, in Denver, Colo., he was the son of Oscar and Margaret Homes. He spent most of his life around the Winters area, owning and operating Holmes Warehouse and farming his orchard in Northern Solano County.He joined the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving as a lieutenant in the South Pacific. While training in Farragut, Idaho, he met Kathleen Gerking. They were married in Spokane, Wash., on Memorial Day 1943.He was a member of the Elks Lodge for more than 50 years, the American Legion and the Winters Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a past president of the Solano County Fair board of directors and served as a board member for 50 years. A former member of the Yolo Fliers Club and El Macero Country Club, he was the senior member of the Fairfield Old Guard. His family says he loved to play golf, cards and dominos.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathleen, and his brother, Oscar Holmes.He is survived by his son, Carl Holmes of Woodland; a daughter, Barbara Holmes of Pacific Grove; sister, Mae Martin of Winters; granddaughters, Andrea Crompton of Cologne, Germany, and Margaret Flanagan of Reno, Nev.; and a great-granddaughter, Abigail Flanagan of Reno, Nev.Remembrances may be made to Yolo Hospice, Pioneer Presbyterian Church, St. John's Retirement Village or the charity of the donor's choice.