Obituary - Mary Alice Holder

Mary Alice Holder, age 94, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away early Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at the Guest Home Estates in Ft. Scott. She was born March 6, 1929, on the family homestead at Angora, Nebraska, the daughter of Frank William Sherlock and Gladys Irene Brown Sherlock. Mary married Earl “Gene” Holder on February 10, 1949. Together, Mary and Gene owned and operated service stations and motels in various Nebraska towns. 

In addition, Mary was a longtime representative for Avon, but above all was a loving and dedicated wife and mother. Mary was a woman of faith and following their move to Ft. Scott in 1995, she became a member of the First Southern Baptist Church. Mary enjoyed creating jewelry, cooking and collecting. She will be lovingly missed by her family and friends.

Survivors include three daughters, Dixie Adams of Laurel, Maryland, Barbara Poppe of Lincoln, Nebraska and Irene Bradbury (Gerald, Jr.) of Redfield, Kansas; seven grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter. Also surviving are three sisters, Pearl Lavender, Opal LaFever, and Ruth Weiser. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Gene, on December 11, 2015. She was also preceded in death by a son, Ron Holder, two sons-in-law, Richard Adams and Arthur Poppe; daughter-in-law, Belinda Holder; two granddaughters and two sisters.

Graveside services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, January 27th at the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Island, Nebraska. Memorials are suggested to the First Southern Baptist Church and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.