Marion Holmes

Secretary At Dual-Lite

For 30 Years

Marion Holmes, 82, wife of the late Lewis C. Holmes, formerly of Newtown, died at the Masonic Health Care Center in Wallingford on February 22, following a lengthy illness.

Mrs Holmes was born in Mt Vernon, N.Y., July 27, 1924, daughter of Valentine Metz and Madeline (Henning) Metz Lane. She moved to Brookfield as a child and was a graduate of Danbury High School. Prior to her retirement, she had worked for more than 30 years as a secretary at the Dual-Lite Corporation in Newtown.

She is survived by two sons, Michael Holmes of Newtown and Thomas R. Holmes of Sarasota, Fla.; two daughters, Janet Nash of Virginia Beach, Va., and Linda Belliveau of Fitchburg, Mass.; a brother, Richard Lane of Brookfield; eleven grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and her parents, Mrs Holmes was predeceased by a brother, Valentine Metz.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St Peter Church, Danbury, on February 28. Burial took place in St Peter Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105.

The Newtown Bee        March 2, 2007