Harry Francis Holecheck, 79

WILLIAMSBURG, Md. - Harry Francis Holecheck of Williamsburg passed away Monday, Jan. 21, 2008. He was 79.

He was born July 10, 1928, near Preston, son of the late Louis C. Holecheck Sr. and Marie Navratil Holecheck.

Mr. Holecheck was a graduate from Hurlock High School, class of 1946.

He was a World War II Army veteran, receiving the World War II Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal Japan. He served as a sergeant at Camp Stone, Calif., with the Battery C, 31st Field Artillery Battalion in Seoul, Korea.

Mr. Holecheck married Mary Elizabeth Higgins on Jan. 25, 1958.

He retired from E.I. DuPont in Seaford, Del., after 36-and-a-half years of service, retiring in May 1985.

Mr. Holecheck enjoyed farming and had raised beef cattle.

He was a lifetime member of the Hurlock American Legion Post 43, a member of the Dorchester Farm Bureau, and was a former member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5246.

Mr. Holecheck's greatest love was family and farming.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Rose Holecheck; and a brother, Louis Holecheck Jr.

He is survived by his wife of almost 50 years, Mary Holecheck; two sons, Michael Holecheck of Federalsburg and Charles Holecheck and his wife Diane of Easton; one daughter, Ruth Anne Edwards of Seaford; four granddaughters, Lauren Edwards of Seaford, Erika and Kayla Holecheck of Easton, and Maggie Jo Holecheck of Cambridge; three sisters, Lillian Wanex and her husband Leonard of Easton, Alice Fralick and her husband Bill of High Springs, Fla., and Barbara Bramble and her husband, Marc of Cambridge; one brother, Joe Holecheck of Federalsburg; a sister-in-law, Kathy Holecheck; several nieces and nephews; and goddaughters, Lisa Tull and Pam Knodole.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in the Framptom Funeral Home, Federalsburg, where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today.

The Rev. Bruce Revel officiate.

Interment will follow with military honors at the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in Beulah.

Serving as pallbearers will be Michael Holecheck, Charles Holecheck, Billy Fralick, Lenny Wanex, Scott Love and Kevin Gillispie. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Donald Powell, Paul Faulkner and Walt Campbell.

Memorial contributions can be made to Hurlock Volunteer Fire Co., P.O. Box 178, Hurlock, MD 21643.