Elaine M. Holm

Elaine Marie Ida (Hitz) Holm, 93, of Wakefield, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at the Wakefield Health Care Center in Wakefield. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Wakefield, with Pastor William Bertrand officiating. Visitation will be held 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Bressler - Munderloh - Smith Funeral Home in Wakefield with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Wakefield Cemetery in Wakefield. Memorials may be directed to St. John’s Lutheran Church in Wakefield. Arrangements are under the direction of Bressler - Munderloh - Smith Funeral Home in Wakefield. Elaine was born on October 4, 1921 to Erie and Ella (Pittack) Hitz in Pierce, NE. She was baptized on October 16, 1921 and confirmed in her faith on Palm Sunday 1934 at St. John’ s Lutheran Church in Pierce, NE, by Pastor H. A. Hilpert. Elaine moved with her parents to Wakefield in November 1936 and graduated from Wakefield High School in 1939. On November 16, 1942 she was united in marriage to Harold Holm at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Wakefield by Pastor W. A. Gerdes. Elaine was active in St. John’s Lutheran Church, helping with the Ladies Aid, Ruth’s Bible Study, Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and a Bible School Helper. She was also involved with Club 16, the V.F.W. Auxiliary, Rural Letter Carrier’s Auxiliary. In her spare time Elaine enjoyed quilting, crocheting, sewing and crafts. Elaine is survived by her daughter, Cheryl (Dennis) Evans of Bennington, NE; son, Charles (Cecil) Holm of Depoe Bay, OR; four grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Elaine is preceded in death by her parents, Erie and Ella Hitz; husband, Harold Holm and a brother, Alfred Hitz.