Dr Virgil L. Holdeman, DVM, age 85, of Highland, IL., died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at Saint Joseph Hospital in Highland, IL.
He was born June 24, 1923, in Wakarusa, IN, the son of Walter and Florence (nee Barthel) Holdeman.
He was a member of Evangelical United Church of Christ; Lee Iten Post #439, American Legion; VFW Post #5694, both of Highland; American Veterinary Medical Association; Life Member of IL Veterinary Assoc; American Contract Bridge Assoc.; Highland Rotary Club, Silver Lake Shrine Club (Past President), Highland Masonic Lodge #583 AF & AM, ;Ma Cli Bo Circus Unit; Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Southern IL-Belleville, IL; Ainad Temple, AAONOMS (Shriners), E St Louis, IL.
Dr Holdeman was born in Wakarusa, Indiana. At the age of 5 his family moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan where his parents finished college. He graduated in 1941 from Jackson High School, Jackson, Michigan, and in 1951 from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University.
His college was interrupted by a three year enlistment in the US Army Air Corp. When WW II ended, he was in the Phillipine Islands and had completed 21 missions as a navigator on a B-25 bomber.
He then practiced farm animal medicine for 18 years in Hebron, IL. In 1970, he and his family moved to Highland. He was the veterinarian at the National Stockyards, East Saint Louis, IL, for 14 years before retirement. He was an active Shriner in the Ma-Cli-Bo circus unit and spent 42 years racing and breeding Standardbred horses. He was a Bronze Life Master with the America Contract Bridge League.
He was preceeded in death by his father Walter Ray Holdeman, his mother Florence Hester (nee Barthel) Holdeman, his brother Carl Holdeman, age 6 mo.
He was born June 24, 1923, in Wakarusa, IN, the son of Walter and Florence (nee Barthel) Holdeman.
He was a member of Evangelical United Church of Christ; Lee Iten Post #439, American Legion; VFW Post #5694, both of Highland; American Veterinary Medical Association; Life Member of IL Veterinary Assoc; American Contract Bridge Assoc.; Highland Rotary Club, Silver Lake Shrine Club (Past President), Highland Masonic Lodge #583 AF & AM, ;Ma Cli Bo Circus Unit; Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Southern IL-Belleville, IL; Ainad Temple, AAONOMS (Shriners), E St Louis, IL.
Dr Holdeman was born in Wakarusa, Indiana. At the age of 5 his family moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan where his parents finished college. He graduated in 1941 from Jackson High School, Jackson, Michigan, and in 1951 from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University.
His college was interrupted by a three year enlistment in the US Army Air Corp. When WW II ended, he was in the Phillipine Islands and had completed 21 missions as a navigator on a B-25 bomber.
He then practiced farm animal medicine for 18 years in Hebron, IL. In 1970, he and his family moved to Highland. He was the veterinarian at the National Stockyards, East Saint Louis, IL, for 14 years before retirement. He was an active Shriner in the Ma-Cli-Bo circus unit and spent 42 years racing and breeding Standardbred horses. He was a Bronze Life Master with the America Contract Bridge League.
He was preceeded in death by his father Walter Ray Holdeman, his mother Florence Hester (nee Barthel) Holdeman, his brother Carl Holdeman, age 6 mo.
Dr Virgil L. Holdeman, DVM, age 85, of Highland, IL., died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at Saint Joseph Hospital in Highland, IL.
He was born June 24, 1923, in Wakarusa, IN, the son of Walter and Florence (nee Barthel) Holdeman.
He was a member of Evangelical United Church of Christ; Lee Iten Post #439, American Legion; VFW Post #5694, both of Highland; American Veterinary Medical Association; Life Member of IL Veterinary Assoc; American Contract Bridge Assoc.; Highland Rotary Club, Silver Lake Shrine Club (Past President), Highland Masonic Lodge #583 AF & AM, ;Ma Cli Bo Circus Unit; Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Southern IL-Belleville, IL; Ainad Temple, AAONOMS (Shriners), E St Louis, IL.
Dr Holdeman was born in Wakarusa, Indiana. At the age of 5 his family moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan where his parents finished college. He graduated in 1941 from Jackson High School, Jackson, Michigan, and in 1951 from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University.
His college was interrupted by a three year enlistment in the US Army Air Corp. When WW II ended, he was in the Phillipine Islands and had completed 21 missions as a navigator on a B-25 bomber.
He then practiced farm animal medicine for 18 years in Hebron, IL. In 1970, he and his family moved to Highland. He was the veterinarian at the National Stockyards, East Saint Louis, IL, for 14 years before retirement. He was an active Shriner in the Ma-Cli-Bo circus unit and spent 42 years racing and breeding Standardbred horses. He was a Bronze Life Master with the America Contract Bridge League.
He was preceeded in death by his father Walter Ray Holdeman, his mother Florence Hester (nee Barthel) Holdeman, his brother Carl Holdeman, age 6 mo.
He was born June 24, 1923, in Wakarusa, IN, the son of Walter and Florence (nee Barthel) Holdeman.
He was a member of Evangelical United Church of Christ; Lee Iten Post #439, American Legion; VFW Post #5694, both of Highland; American Veterinary Medical Association; Life Member of IL Veterinary Assoc; American Contract Bridge Assoc.; Highland Rotary Club, Silver Lake Shrine Club (Past President), Highland Masonic Lodge #583 AF & AM, ;Ma Cli Bo Circus Unit; Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Southern IL-Belleville, IL; Ainad Temple, AAONOMS (Shriners), E St Louis, IL.
Dr Holdeman was born in Wakarusa, Indiana. At the age of 5 his family moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan where his parents finished college. He graduated in 1941 from Jackson High School, Jackson, Michigan, and in 1951 from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University.
His college was interrupted by a three year enlistment in the US Army Air Corp. When WW II ended, he was in the Phillipine Islands and had completed 21 missions as a navigator on a B-25 bomber.
He then practiced farm animal medicine for 18 years in Hebron, IL. In 1970, he and his family moved to Highland. He was the veterinarian at the National Stockyards, East Saint Louis, IL, for 14 years before retirement. He was an active Shriner in the Ma-Cli-Bo circus unit and spent 42 years racing and breeding Standardbred horses. He was a Bronze Life Master with the America Contract Bridge League.
He was preceeded in death by his father Walter Ray Holdeman, his mother Florence Hester (nee Barthel) Holdeman, his brother Carl Holdeman, age 6 mo.
Inscription
2nd LT US Army Air Forces
WW II
Air Medal
DVM
