John Thomas Hollen

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  • Name John Thomas Hollen  [1, 2
    Born 21 Jan 1936  Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Jan 2014  Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

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    Family ID: F5347 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Porter Elwood Hollen,   b. 26 Mar 1906, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1979, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73) 
    Mother Myrtle Nola Coomer,   b. 6 Mar 1907, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1979, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72) 

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    Family ID: F5250 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified: 22 Dec 2020   
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    1. Melissa Jane Hollen

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    Siblings 6 siblings 
  • Notes

    • John T. Hollen, 77, of Princeton passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. He was born on January 21, 1936 in Princeton, IN to Porter and Myrtle (Coomer) Hollen and lived in Gibson County all his life. He retired in 1996 as a signal maintainer from C.S.X. Railroad after 38 years. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalman Union Local #25. He was a veteran of the US Army and he was a member of the Patoka United Methodist Church. He enjoyed gardening and yard work.

      He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Sue Hollen of Princeton; daughter, Melissa Hollen and her fiance, Spencer Gaines both of Princeton; sisters, Peggy Schaber of English and Donna Helsley of English; brother, Rev. Joe Hollen of English; several nieces and nephews.

      He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Maxine Skinner; and infant siblings, Janet and Jerry Hollen.

      Funeral Services will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the Colvin Funeral Home in Princeton, officiated by Rev. Jeff Pinney. Burial will be at the Columbia White Church Cemetery in Princeton. Visitation will be from 4 until 8 PM on Saturday at Colvin Funeral Home.

      Memorial Contributions may be made to Patoka United Methodist Church or St. Jude Children's Hospital. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
  • Source Citations

    1. [S26] Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).

    2. [S8] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Wabash, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01046; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 26-24.