IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Amelia Amy

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Holland

March 30, 1911 – January 19, 2005

Obituary

Amelia Amy N. Holland, 93, of Huron, and formerly of Richland, Washington, passed away peacefully Wednesday, January 19, 2005, at the Huron Nursing Home. Her Graveside Service will be at 1:30 PM Tuesday, April 5, at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Steven Brandsrud officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Services are under the direction of Welter Funeral Home. Amelia Holland was born Amelia Neumeyer to Edward C. and Anne Marie (Pederson) Neumeyer on March 31, 1911, at Alpena, South Dakota. She was raised in Alpena, and graduated from Alpena High School, and also attended Aberdeen Business School. On October 28, 1942, Amy married Patrick Henry Holland of Pierre. They moved to Richland, Washington in 1944 where she worked for General Electric until her retirement in 1976. She was an active member of the Prairie Shufflers square dancing club of Kennewick, Washington. Amy and Pat enjoyed camping, their annual trips to South Dakota to visit family, and to Pendleton, Oregon to attend the Pendleton Roundup. She was a loving wife and was devoted to her husband, family and friends. In her retirement years, Amy continued to enjoy cooking, baking (chocolate chip and sugar cookies were her specialty) reading, journaling, crocheting, playing cards (pinochle and rummy), dominoes (chicken scratch) while also spending much of her time at the farm in Richland along the Yakima River where she enjoyed her love of horses. The oldest of five, she leaves behind three sisters: Velma Luckey, of Huron, Joy Jones of Huron, and Geraldine Virgin of Yuma, Arizona; and one brother, Earl Neumeyer of Belle Fourche, South Dakota. She was a loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. She will be dearly missed. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Pat on February 19, 1997.
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