Larry Jay Holmes died on Jan. 1, 2021 at Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston.
He was born on Oct. 17, 1951 in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. to Benjamin and Elna Holmes.
Larry spent the majority of his life in Hermiston. He had a younger brother, John Holmes. Those two were inseparable in their adult years. He married Debbie A. Wilson and had one child, Mandy Holmes (married name Mandy Stewart).
He was a man of God, baptized into the Adventist Church. He was a loving father and family man, a quiet person, and he enjoyed fast cars, motorcycles and pickup trucks. He worked hard, mostly in food processing plants. His last job was Oregon Potato in Boardman. He was forced to retire early because he had a massive heart attack on the job and ended up surviving, thanks to the doctor’s skilled hands, with a quadruple bypass. His heart had a murmur, but it gave us eight more years with him.
He was preceded in death by his mother; Elna; brother, John; and father, Benjamin Holmes.
A private family burial will be at the Hermiston Cemetery.
Please share memories of Larry with his family at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.
