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- Milton - Howard J[ohn] HOLLIDAY, son of G. W. HOLLIDAY,
Milton, was
- instantly killed in an accident in Riverside, Calif., Friday
afternoon, according to a brief telegram received here. He was
a lineman for an electric company.
- "Happy" HOLLIDAY, as he was commonly known
here, was born in Elkhorn, July
- 28, 1898. Except for a few years spent at Beloit in his early
childhood, he had lived in this vicinity until the family moved
to California in October, 1933. He graduated from the old Milton
high school with the class of 1917. He was married to Miss Alice
PFIEFFER, Milton.
- Before leaving for California, Mr. HOLLIDAY had lived
for five years on the George
- KUTHLOW farm, Fulton. He was Master of the Fulton
Grange and an ardent worker in the Fulton Social Center and Fulton
church.
- In Riverside he was employed by the electric company as a
lineman. He was a faith-
- ful worker in the Baptist church there, especially among
the young people. He was liked and admired wherever he lived
and leaves a host of friends here and in California.
- Besides his father, he is survived by his widow, his son,
Rolland, three daughters,
- Geraldine, Gwendolyn and Patricia; five sisters, Mrs. A.
F. SAUNDERS, Minneapolis; Mrs. Ruth MANSUR, Rock
Prairie; Mrs. Evalyn MILLARD and Mrs. Esther RASMUSSEN,
both of Janesville, and Mrs. Gladys TIFFANY, Milton Junction;
two brothers, The Rev. Ralph HOLLIDAY, New London, and
the Rev. Walter W. HOLLIDAY, Hebron. His mother preceded
him in death in 1921.
- Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Riverside. Final
arrangements for burial have
- not been made.
- Mr. and Mrs. G. W. HOLLIDAY left Saturday for Riverside
to attend the funeral.
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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