Beatrice J. Holmes

Private interment for Beatrice J. Holmes, 92, Lawrence will be held at Glen Haven Memorial Park Cemetery in Sylmar, California. She passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence.

Beatrice was born February 28, 1922 in Danville, Illinois the daughter of Charles P. and Beatrice P. (Gray) Erb.

She resided in Sunland, CA from 1945 to 1994. She then moved to San Jacinto, CA where she lived from 1994 – 2009, and in 2009 moved to Lawrence.

She was a homemaker.

She married Donald E. Holmes in 1941. They were married 69 years before he passed away in 2000.

Survivors include one son, Edward C. Holmes and spouse, Emily J. Butterfield, Edmond, OK; one daughter, Anita J. and husband, Robert Markley, Lawrence; five grandchildren, Ian Markley, Lauren Markley, Renee Holey, Robin Byus, and Adrianne Lorenz; and 12 great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Donna J. Darrow.