Robert Smith Holding

Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin on January 6, 1930
Departed on May 21, 2009. Resided in Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa.

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Robert Smith Holding, 79, of Cedar Rapids, was welcomed home May 21, 2009 after a short illness. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Rev. Jonathon Offt of Trinity Lutheran Church will officiate. Friends may call from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home. Inurnment will take place in Oxford Junction, Iowa.

Surviving are his wife Marjorie; daughter Heidi Larsen and husband Scott of Cedar Rapids; his grandchildren Thomas and Sidney Larsen; brother Don Holding and wife Marilyn of Madison, WI; as well as 6 nieces and 3 nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters.

Robert Smith Holding was born January 6, 1930 in Green Bay, WI the son of Paul and Hazel (Smith) Holding. He attended the University of Wisconsin –Green Bay for 2 years, and graduated from DeVry Technical Institute in Chicago. He later moved to Cedar Rapids. He was united in marriage to Marjorie L. Pegariek on May 25, 1957 in Cedar Rapids and they had a wonderful life together for almost 52 years. He was employed for 35 years as a lab technician at Rockwell Collins. He lived a full life and made many friends who touched his heart. Those that knew him were regaled with stories of his life and it is the family’s hope that those stories will be fondly remembered and continued to be retold in honor of this great man.

In lieu of flowers, Robert’s family requests donations by made to The Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy.

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