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- Ivan A. Holder of Hennessey was born April 17, 1914 in Dacoma, Oklahoma to Elmer and Alta Newell Holder.
Ivan lived in Northwest Oklahoma and Texas before attending and graduating high school in Clayton, New Mexico. After high school, Ivan attended college at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva where he received his BS in Industrial Arts in 1940. At college, Ivan met and later married Barbara Hedges Nov. 1, 1940. He taught school for one year at Cheyenne Valley, one year at Kaw City and one year at Arnett before joining the Army in 1943 at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. After basic training in Florida, Ivan was stationed at various places before being shipping out to the Philippines in WWII to serve as an airplane mechanic. After four years in the military Ivan was honorably discharged with the rank of Corporal. Upon his return to Oklahoma Ivan returned to his teaching career at Cheyenne Valley, then Waukomis for two years before becoming a teacher at Garber, Ok. During their time at Garber Ivan continued his education and received his MS in Industrial Education from OSU in 1954. In 1974 Ivan and Barbara retired from teaching and moved to Hennessey, Ok. They were members of the First Christian Church of Hennessey.
Ivan died June 6, 2014 at Hennessey Care Center in Hennessey, Ok.
The funeral was June 10, 2014 at First Christian Church officiated by Rev. Mickey Moery with burial at Hennessey Cemetery.
He is survived by two sons, Tom and wife Becky Holder, Tim and wife Nancy Holder and daughter Pat and husband Mickey Moery ; five grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren
He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara, in 1993 and his parents.
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