Obituaries:  Mrs. Helen Eleanor Holes, Sabine Parish       H-420
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 9, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Helen Eleanor Holes

  Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Eleanor Holes, 65, of Sugarland,
Texas, were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 2, 1997, at Les
Fontaine Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Daniel Lowe officiated.

  Mrs. Holes died Saturday, March 29, at North Toledo Bend State
Park in Zwolle.

  She was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on July 18, 1931, to Carl and
Myrtle Clark Schulte. Helen touched the lives of many, and never
met a stranger. She gave unconditional, unselfish love to all.

  She is preceded in death by a son, Ronald Gessner; and her
father, Carl Schulte.

  Mrs. Holes is survived by her husband, Howard Gene Holes of
Sugarland, Texas; four sons, Robert Joseph Gessner of Youngstown,
Ohio, Donald Holes of Tenn. Colony, Texas, Samuel Holes, and
George Holes, both of Washington State; five daughters, Carol
Percival of California, Melinda Allen of Sugarland, Texas,
Melissa Bolin, and Colleen Chapman of Houston, Texas, and Melanie
Schriefer of Tiyan, Guam; mother, Myrtle Schulte of Youngstown,
Ohio; one sister, Elizabeth Novasil; and four brothers, John
Schulte, and Robert Schulte of Hubbard, Ohio, Mike Schulte of
Canfield, Ohio, and Daniel Schulte of Youngstown, Ohio. Survivors
also include 25 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and a
host of nieces and nephews.