Esther Mahree CroffAge: 95 years1896–1991
- Name
- Esther Mahree Croff
- Given names
- Esther Mahree
- Surname
- Croff
- Married name
- Esther Mahree Hollenback
 Birth | April 11, 1896 34 27 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 months)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 16, 1900 (Age 4 years) |
 Death of a father | Dwight Ezra Croff May 13, 1905 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Marriage | Roy Leonidas Hollenback Sr — View this family April 28, 1918 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 21 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Miriam Esther Hollenback April 27, 1919 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | January 26, 1920 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Chester Byron Hollenback February 14, 1923 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Roy Leonidas Hollenback Jr September 9, 1926 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | David Mervel Hollenback August 9, 1928 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 33 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 3, 1930 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Bonnie Elizabeth Hollenback November 12, 1931 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Dwight Calvin Hollenback May 14, 1933 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1940 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Marriage of a child | Roy Leonidas Hollenback Jr — Jacqueline Dawn Freeman — View this family November 18, 1949 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | April 17, 1950 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a mother | Martha Ann Brenneman March 12, 1956 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Daniel Paul Hollenback July 4, 1956 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a husband | Roy Leonidas Hollenback Sr November 9, 1961 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Dwight Calvin Hollenback — Alma Larue Safely — View this family December 6, 1968 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | May 28, 1991 (Age 95 years) |
| Obituary | Esther M Hollenback (nee Croff) Obituary and Family Listing May 30, 1991 (2 days after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Douglass Pioneer Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Dwight Ezra Croff Birth: August 16, 1861 — Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Death: May 13, 1905 — Hayward, Alameda, California, United States |
| mother |
Martha Ann Brenneman Birth: July 29, 1868 — Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Death: March 12, 1956 — Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: December 6, 1894 — Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, United States |
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16 months herself |
Esther Mahree Croff Birth: April 11, 1896 34 27 — Scott, Brown, Michigan, United States Death: May 28, 1991 — Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
| Family with Roy Leonidas Hollenback Sr |
| husband |
Roy Leonidas Hollenback Sr Birth: January 2, 1897 33 30 — Marion, Center, Grant, Indiana, United States Death: November 9, 1961 — Oroville, Butte, California, United States |
| herself |
Esther Mahree Croff Birth: April 11, 1896 34 27 — Scott, Brown, Michigan, United States Death: May 28, 1991 — Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
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Marriage: April 28, 1918 — Boone, Iowa, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Miriam Esther Hollenback Birth: April 27, 1919 22 23 — Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado, United States Death: April 4, 1994 — Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States |
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4 years son |
Chester Byron Hollenback Birth: February 14, 1923 26 26 — Clarence, Shelby, Missouri, United States Death: October 10, 2007 — Mangum, Greer, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years son |
Roy Leonidas Hollenback Jr Birth: September 9, 1926 29 30 — Mount Auburn, Wayne, Indiana, United States Death: December 18, 2004 — McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, United States |
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23 months son |
David Mervel Hollenback Birth: August 9, 1928 31 32 — Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Death: December 14, 2020 — Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Bonnie Elizabeth Hollenback Birth: November 12, 1931 34 35 — Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Death: March 12, 2015 — Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States |
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18 months son |
Dwight Calvin Hollenback Birth: May 14, 1933 36 37 — Massachusetts, United States Death: July 13, 2016 — Salinas, Monterey, California, United States |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Dwight Ezra Croff - Household
Jefferson, Elkhart, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Martha Ann Brenneman - Household
Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Roy Leonidas Hollenback - Household
Queens Village, Queens, New York, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Roy Leonidas Hollenback - Household
Rural, Cambridge City, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Roy Leonidas Hollenback - Household
Butte, California, United States
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| Obituary | Esther M Hollenback (nee Croff) Obituary and Family Listing
HOLLENBACK, ESTHER M. (CROFF) THE OREGONIAN Thursday 30 May 1991
A memorial service for Esther M. Hollenback, a Gresham resident, will be at 5
p.m. Sunday in Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring. Burial was in Douglass
Cemetery in Troutdale.
She died of congestive heart failure Tuesday in a Gresham care center. Mrs. Hollenback
was 95.
Born April 11, 1896, in Scott County, Michigan, she was raised in Nebraska. Her
Maiden name was Croff. After earning her teaching certificate, she taught school
in Nebraska for several years.
She married Roy L. Hollenback, a pastor and evangelist, on April 28, 1918, in
Boone, Iowa. The couple lived in New York, Massachusetts, Indiana and in California.
Mrs. Hollenback moved to Gresham in 1976. She was a member of Good Shepherd Community
Church. Her husband preceded her in death.
She is survived by her daughters, Miriam Lewis of Bremerton, Washington and Bonnie :
Fiser of Greenwood, Arizona; sons, Dr. C. Byron of Mangum, Oklahoma, Roy Jr. of
McMinnville, David M. of Troutdale and Dwight of Salinas, California; 22 grandchildren,
23 great-—grandchildren and two great-great-—grandchildren.
The family suggests remembrances be contributions to Good Shepherd Community
Church.
United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012
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| Name | Roy L Hollenback Jr Obituary and Family Listing
Description: Son of Roy Leonidas and Esther Mahree Croff Hollenback. His family moved to California in 1938 where he was raised and schooled. He graduated from San Jose, CA and attended Chico State College. As a young man he worked in a lumber mill. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946 during WWII. He married Jackie Freeman on November 18, 1949 in Caruthers, CA. After their marriage, they moved to Roseburg, OR until 1953 when they returned to California. While in California they lived in Cottonwood, San Jose and Fortuna. In 1975 they returned to Oregon where Roy operated a retail business. He and his wife owned and operated several small business including a grocery store and Fat Roses Pizza in Silverton. He retired in 1995. He loved music and until he retired, was active as a soloist and choir director. He also enjoyed sports and politics, but most of all his family. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a sister Miriam Lewis.
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Son of Roy Leonidas and Esther Mahree Croff Hollenback.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Married Jackie Freeman on Nov. 18, 1949. She survives.
Also survived by sons, Steve Hollenback of McMinnville, Royal Hollenback of McMinnville and Joel Hollenback of Lake Oswego; daughters, Jan Lougher of Elmira, Ca. and Miriam Redl of McMinnville; brothers, Bryon Hollenback of Magnum, Ok., David Hollenback of Gresham and Dwight Hollenback of Salinas, Ca.; sister, Bonnie Fiser of Fort Smith, Ar.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by a sister, Miriam Lewis.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10198628/roy-leonidas-hollenback
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| Name | Bonnie Elizabeth Fiser (nee Hollenback) Obituary and Family Listing
Bonnie Elizabeth Fiser, 83, of Fort Smith, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2015 in Methodist Nursing Home. She was born on November 12, 1931 in Lowell, Massachusetts to Roy and Ester (Croff) Hollenback. She was a homemaker and a member of East Side Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband James King Fiser and by her son Jerry Fiser. Bonnie loved and was known for her music and played either the piano or the organ in every church she ever attended, she was also politically active and volunteered at the voting precincts. She was not afraid to voice her opinions on numerous subjects and would submit letters to the editor on a regular basis. She loved two things above all else, her Lord and her family and loved them both unconditionally.
Funeral services will be 1:00PM Monday, March 16, 2015 at East Side Baptist Church with burial to follow in Liberty Cemetery in Greenwood, Arkansas under the direction of Ocker-Putman Funeral Home of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Pallbearers are her grandsons, Matt, Jason, Scott and Joe Fiser, Jamie Freeman and Brooks Fiser.
She is survived by her daughter Deanna Freeman and her husband Greg of Fort Smith, AR; two sons, Randy Fiser and Don Fiser and his wife Carmella both of Fort Smith, AR; two brothers, David Hollenback of Grisham, OR and Dwight Hollenback of Fresno, CA; 13 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
The family will visit with friends from 2-4PM Sunday, March 15th at Ocker-Putman Funeral Home 4500 Jenny Lind Road Fort Smith, AR.
Memorials may be made to East Side Baptist Church 2710 Massard Road Fort Smith, AR 72903.
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