{"id":1801,"date":"2019-09-16T08:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T12:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2019-09-16T08:08:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T12:08:33","slug":"obituary-notice-richard-c-holland-sr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1801","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Notice – Richard C. Holland, Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HollandR\"<\/a>FREDONIA:\u00a0 Richard C. Holland, Sr., 92, a resident of Fredonia Place, Howard Street, Fredonia, died Saturday, September 14th, 2019 at his residence, following a short illness.<\/p>\n

He was born in Neptune, NJ on June 20, 1927, the son of the late William and Violet M. (Hogan) Holland.\u00a0 Mr. Holland served in the U.S. Army as a Military Policeman during WW II.<\/p>\n

He worked as a Bus Driver for Forestville Central School.\u00a0 Mr. Holland also worked for New York State as a Mental Hygiene Therapist Aide at the former Gowanda Psychiatric Center and was a Town of Villenova Justice of the Peace from 1985-1989.\u00a0 He attended Harvest Chapel Free Methodist Church, Fredonia, was a member of J. Carter Knapp American Legion Post #953, Forestville and the Sheridan VFW Memorial Post #6390.\u00a0 Mr. Holland enjoyed hunting and camping.<\/p>\n

Survivors include eight children Violet (Paul) Nail, of Quitman, GA; Richard (Kyong) Holland, Jr., of Warrenton, VA; William (Connie) Holland, of Las Vegas, NV; Helena (Charles) Luce, of Forestville; Debbie Spicola, of Dunkirk; Diana Cooper, of Tonawanda; Joseph (Kathleen) Holland, of Fredonia; Kathleen (William) Raymond, of Fredonia; three brothers Bernard (Patricia) Holland, Charles (Faith) Holland, Robert Holland and three sisters, Mary Milam, Ella Skinner, and Esther Horton.\u00a0 Also surviving are seventeen grandchildren, several great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren and nieces & nephews.\u00a0 Besides his parents he was predeceased by his wife Anna (Ozarczuk) Holland, whom he married June 28, 1947 in Frankfurt, Germany and who died September 22, 2010, a daughter Rosemary Mitchell, five brothers Arthur, Jack, David, William and Howard Holland and four sisters Elenor Bidwell, Helen McDonald, Edith Martinowicz and Evelyn Campbell.<\/p>\n

Friends are welcome to call at Riles & Woolley Funeral Home, 39 Main Street, Forestville on Wednesday from 11am-1pm from where Funeral Services will be held at 1 o’clock.\u00a0 Interment will follow in Forestville Cemetery, where Graveside Military Services will be conducted by members of J. Carter Knapp American Legion Post #953, Forestville.<\/p>\n

The family suggests memorials may be made to Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care, 20 W. Fairmount Avenue, Lakewood, NY 14750.\u00a0 To post condolences go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n

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