HOLBROOK Donald "Poncho" R. Holbrook Sr., age 79, born November 6, 1929,
passed away February 7, 2009. The oldest of 5 children, born and raised
in the South End of Columbus to the late Emmett and Lula Holbrook.
Served his country at the young age of 14 as an Army Paratrooper for the
508 Red Devils. He received the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.
Once home, he joined the sheet metal trade and was a member with Local
98. He helped in the construction of several Columbus downtown
structures. Member and Past President of Golden Eagles Archery Club.
Spent many vacations in Michigan where he hunted and fished, a place
that he loved so much that he eventually made it his home. As his
eyesight began to fail, Dad loved to feed the deer and turkeys and watch
the hummingbirds in his yard. His "human" friends were at Pappy's Bait
Store where he swapped hunting stories. Antiquing for glass and
pottery also became his passion. |
Columbus became his winter home after his first stroke in
'05 where he stayed with his children. It was during his last winter
here that he suffered his 2nd stroke and never to fully recover, he
passed away on Saturday.
Preceded in death by his parents and brother Ronald. Left to cherish his
memory are his children, Doug (Debra), Donald, Jr. (Brenda), and Tonda
(Dave) Morris; grandchildren, Tiffany, Ryan, Mara, Hannah, Corey, Donald
III, and Eric; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Jean (Bob) Carter,
Evelyn (John) Wilson; and baby bro', Everett (Sharon) Holbrook; many
friends at Pappy's Bait Store and neighbors in Wellston, Michigan; and
dear lifelong friend, Ronald Huffman.
Friends may call Tuesday, February 10, 2009 5-8 p.m. at the O.R.
WOODYARD CO. CHAPEL, 1346 S. High St., where service will be Wednesday,
10:30 a.m. Pastor Jim Blankenship officiating. Interment Sunset
Cemetery.
(The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH, 10 Feb 2009,
Page 6B - courtesy of Tedd Cocker) |
(courtesy of Jim Fraley)
Grave markers for Donald R. Holbrook in the Sunset
Cemetery, Galloway (Franklin county), Ohio.
When Donald enlisted he was sixteen he and may
have fibbed about his birth year when by stating it to be 1928 thereby making himself 17.
His obituary, however, purports that he was only 14 at the time. |