John M "Johnny" Holden
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - July 3, 1936
Johnny Holden Loses life While Working in Mine
KNOCKED TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT BY FALLING TIMBERS HE IS INSTANTLY KILLED LAST SATURDAY—HAD HELPED BURY HIS FATHER TWO WEEKS AGO
For the third time in a few months the grim angel of death stalked through the Holden famiiy of A . on when Johnny Holden lost his life while working in a mine at GUmau last Saturday . With other miners John was wcrking on a timbering Joo in a manway , when timbers from above him let loose , and fell , carrying him to the bottom of the hole several levels below . He was dead when rescued from the debris which covered aim on the mine floor . Only a few months aj , o his mother , Mrs . James Holden , died as a result or an accident at the farm borne on Beaver creek near Avon , and only two weeks before John helped b \« ry his father . Johnny Holden was a fine young man , industrious and ambitious , and made friends of everyone with whom he came n coatacr John M . Holdea was born in l * v 4 i * -
ville , Colo „ January 9 , 1906 , and passed to his eternal reward at Oilman , Colo ., June 27 , 1936 . John scent practically his whole lift in LeadvlUe and on the farm on Beaver creek . He leaves to mourn his untimely death , one brother , James of Avoi , Colo . ; Mrs . Anna Mulmx arid Elizabeth Holden of Gypsum , Colo . ; » r-d Mrs . Agnes Randall , of Eagle , Colo . Funeral services were field in Minturn from the Presbyterian chorea last Tuesday afternon , a-d were attended by a large gathering of people who had been friends and admirers of the deceased young man during his life time , and who regretted his untimely end . The services were conducted by Rev . Geo . Eller of the Gypsum Lutheran church . Following the service in Minturn the body was iakea to Glenwood Springs , where £ was laid to rest with those of Ins parents , by loving friends and relatives .
