1925
Herman
2011
Herman Obituary Jr.
May 6, 1925 — January 6, 2011
Herman L. Holsopple Jr., age 85, of Oak Ridge, passed away Thursday Jan. 6, 2011, at the Harriman Care and Rehab Center in Harriman, Tenn.
Herman was born May 6, 1925, in Jacksonville, Fla., to the late Herman L. Holsopple Sr. and Jean Criswell Leib Holsopple. Herman and his family moved to Oak Ridge in 1958, where he was employed with Union Carbide and Martin Marietta as an Organic Chemist in the Analytical Chemistry Division and later as a Patent Agent with the office of the General Counsel until his retirement in 1992.
Herman was a member of First United Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge and was a United States Army Veteran of WWII, having served as a Combat Medic with Company C 411th Regimental Combat Team of the 103rd Infantry Division. In 1994, Herman, along with other surviving members of the 103rd, was invited by France to return to the town of Pfaffenhoffen for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of their Liberation.
Herman was a Consulting Rosarian and had served as past President of the Holston Rose Society. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, a former Boy Scout Troop Leader, and active in MENSA, Toastmasters, the Optimist Club, and the Atomic City Stamp Club. He was a pilot, and enjoyed camping, mountain climbing, traveling, and having fulfilled his goal of parasailing over all of the seven seas.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Louise P. Holsopple, his son, Mark Wayne Holsopple, and his sister, Peggy Heaton.
Herman is survived by his son, James Holsopple and his wife, Susan, of Oak Ridge; daughter, Katherine Aquilino and her husband, Mike, of Maryland; sister, Betty Phillips of Washington state; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in the chapel of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial gifts to the Alzheimer's Association, 2200 Sutherland Avenue, Suite H102, Knoxville, TN 37919.
Herman was born May 6, 1925, in Jacksonville, Fla., to the late Herman L. Holsopple Sr. and Jean Criswell Leib Holsopple. Herman and his family moved to Oak Ridge in 1958, where he was employed with Union Carbide and Martin Marietta as an Organic Chemist in the Analytical Chemistry Division and later as a Patent Agent with the office of the General Counsel until his retirement in 1992.
Herman was a member of First United Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge and was a United States Army Veteran of WWII, having served as a Combat Medic with Company C 411th Regimental Combat Team of the 103rd Infantry Division. In 1994, Herman, along with other surviving members of the 103rd, was invited by France to return to the town of Pfaffenhoffen for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of their Liberation.
Herman was a Consulting Rosarian and had served as past President of the Holston Rose Society. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, a former Boy Scout Troop Leader, and active in MENSA, Toastmasters, the Optimist Club, and the Atomic City Stamp Club. He was a pilot, and enjoyed camping, mountain climbing, traveling, and having fulfilled his goal of parasailing over all of the seven seas.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Louise P. Holsopple, his son, Mark Wayne Holsopple, and his sister, Peggy Heaton.
Herman is survived by his son, James Holsopple and his wife, Susan, of Oak Ridge; daughter, Katherine Aquilino and her husband, Mike, of Maryland; sister, Betty Phillips of Washington state; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in the chapel of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial gifts to the Alzheimer's Association, 2200 Sutherland Avenue, Suite H102, Knoxville, TN 37919.
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