Holderman, George W. (1903-1959)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Dec 17 p. 3

Birth date: 1903 Aug 17

text of obituary:

MINISTER-TEACHER OF ELDORADO SPRINGS, MO. CALLED AWAY IN DEATH

Eldorado Springs, Mo. — Funeral services for George W. Holderman, 56, an ordained minister of the Mennonite (Old) church and a grade school teacher at Appleton, Mo., were held here recently. Burial was made at the Sycamore Grove Mennonite church, Garden City.

Bro. Holderman was a graduate of the Hesston College academy and of Goshen college. He was ordained to the ministry in 1940 and served several Mennonite church in the West. He died at the University of Missouri hospital after a brief illness.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Dec 24 p. 8

text of obituary:

GEORGE W. HOLDERMAN

George W. Holderman was born August 17, 1903 at Nash, Okla. and passed away at the University of Missouri hospital in Columbia on Nov. 9, 1959.

Funeral services were held at the Gwinn-Carothers Chapel in Eldorado Springs, Mo., in charge of Rev. Calvin Holderman. Burial was made in the Clearfork cemetery near Garden City Mo. The graveside service was in charge of Rev. Leonard Garber, pastor of the Sycamore Grove Mennonite church of Garden City.

Surviving are his father, Chas. A. Holderman of Eldorado Springs, Mo.; six brothers, Henry J. or [sic] N. D., Calvin L. of Peekskill, N.Y., Darrell R. of Staten Island, N.Y., Charles A. of La Junta, Colo., Ralph of Fairbanks, Alaska, Kenneth A. of Elkhart, Ind.; and one sister, Berry M. of Dayton, Ohio. His mother and one sister preceded him in death.

From his youth George was deeply interested in spiritual things and at the early age of 15 began a special study of the Second coming of Christ. His last sermon, preached at the Sycamore Grove church on July 5, was on that subject. He was ordained to the ministry in 1940 at the Mennonite church in Limon, Colo. and had served at several different churches since then.

He was graduated from the high school department of Hesston College in 1922 and received his college degree from Goshen in 1935. He taught school for a number of years and was employed at the Appleton City, Mo. Grade school when he became ill about ten days before his death.

Though George was handicapped because of a weak physical body, he influenced the lives of many from the pulpit, the classroom, and by personal counseling. His interests were many and his studies very thorough and sincere, which made his counseling very worthwhile. His life was a testimony of what he believed and those who knew him best loved him most.

His father, the two brothers from New York, the one form Indiana, the sister from Ohio, an uncle, J. G. Hartzler of Windom, Kan., cousins Phebe Yoder of Tanganyika, Africa, Will Yoder of Alberta, Canada, and Rollin Yoder of Hesston, Kansas were present for the services.