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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 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GQ52-BTB

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. https://d1cq4ou4t4y4do.cloudfront.net/images/default_image_candle.webp ------------------ 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