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Name: Holder, D. A. 'Lon'
Obituary Date: 19 Dec 1974
Volume: 1971-1975	Page: 095	Year: 1974
Date of Birth: 06 Mar 1901	Date of Death: 10 Dec 1974
Father: Frank E. Holder	Mother: Wahstella Schroyer
Comment: First name of deceased is Donald
Obituary: D.A. 'Lon' Holder, 73, rural McClure, died Tuesday morning at Wood County Hospital, Bowling Green. He was mayor of Deshler from 1945-53. He was born March 6, 1901, in Deshler to Frank and Wahstella (Schroyer) Holder. He married Catherine Stewart Nov. 1, 1919 and she survives. Also surviving are a son Daniel, Huntsville; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Bonnie) Setzer, Bluffton; Mrs. John (Margaret) Norden, Deshler; 16 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Mr. Holder was a retired stationary engineer at Centrex Corp., Findlay. He also ran a chicken hatchery for many years in Deshler. He was Henry County Central Committeman for the Republican party for a number of years and belonged to Masonic Lodge, Deshler, and St. Paul's Methodist Church. Services were Thursday at 2 p.m. at Dubbs-Rodenberger Funeral Home, Deshler, the Rev. Delmar Young officiating. Burial was in Deshler Woodlawn Cemetery.