Vietnam veteran worked for AT&T Cable
John H. Holmes, 56, of Blythe Road, Charleroi, formerly of Monongahela, died Sunday, July 16, 2000, in Allegheny General Hospital.
He was born October 4, 1943, in Monongahela, a son of Florence White Holmes of Monongahela and the late Wendell R. Holmes.
Mr. Holmes was Protestant.
He was a 1961 graduate of Monongahela High School.
Mr. Holmes was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, serving as a Morse intercept operator in Alaska.
At the time of his death, he was employed by AT&T Cable, Corrliss office, in Pittsburgh, and was formerly employed at Allegheny General Hospital's Continuing Care Center.
Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife of 32 years, Cheryl Bakori Holmes; a daughter, Hilary Brown of Laramie, Wyo.; a son, Jordon R. Holmes, at home; four sisters, Patricia Stevenson of Bethlehem, Shirley Girard of Charleroi, Virginia McDonough of Oil City and Suzanne Roehlich of Forest Hills; one brother, Wendell R. Holmes Jr. of Irwin; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Deceased is one brother, G. Richard Holmes.
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