Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:  Holekamp, E., 1941
Thursday, August 3, 2000

Submitted by:  burtwyat@ctesc.net  (Frederica Wyatt)
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 Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison, Junction, Texas
                                  (Name of paper not given)

                      E. Holekamp Dies In San Antonio Saturday April 5

  In the homegoing of E. Holekamp in San Antonio Saturday April 5, Kimble County
has lost another of her outstanding pioneer citizens.  He had not been well for
some time and had spent much time in San Antonio under treatment.  No one, however,
exepected the end to be so near.  He became seriously ill last Thursday and died
Saturday.  Funeral services conducted by Rev. J. T. McCaa of Brady, were held at 
his home on Main Street, Monday afternoon, and interment services were under the 
direction of the Woodman Lodge.  He was laid to rest in the Junction cemetery by
the side of his wife who preceded him on June 23, 1937.  Funeral arrangements were
under the direction of the Schreiner-Hodges Company.
  Active pall bearers were Otto Holekamp, Fritz Holekamp, Bodo Holekamp, Fred
Herberer, George Karger, and C. F. Hamer, all nephews of the deceased.
  E. HOlekamp was born near Comfort, Texas, March 2, 1859, being just passed 
82 years of age at the time of his death.  After receiving his education in the
private schools of the early pioneer days, he accepted employment in a mercantile
establishment in San Antonio.  While in San Antonio the first railroad was built 
into the city in 1876.  After three years in the Alamo City, he returned to his
boyhood home near Comfort, and in 1881 he moved to Junction where he spent the
remainder of his life.  His first employment in Junction was with the Faltin and
Schreiner General Store.  In 1885 he entered business for himself and was one of 
the leading merchants of Junction until 1906 when he sold to J. H. Reid.
  In 1895 he built the first water works, gin and grist mill in Junction.  He
built the first dam on the South Llano for water power ...
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