Frank Albert Holy Jr.
March 21, 1929 to June 6, 2016
Jacqulyn (Jacki) Mary (nee Braun) Holy
May 9, 1929 to April 11, 2016
Frank and Jacki Holy of Wilbur, Washington, have gone home together to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Frank was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Frank and Helen (nee Heinrich) Holy Sr. Jacki was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Robert S. and Rose H. (nee Hess) Braun. They met in 1951 in Mt. Vernon, Washington where Frank was serving in the Navy and Jacki worked as a secretary for the government. They discovered they were both from the Minneapolis area and began dating. They were married Oct. 10th, 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the start of 62 beautiful years together.
In 1959, they moved to Renton, Washington. Frank worked for Farmer’s Insurance Group and rose from sales agent to district manager. Jacki was a homemaker and active in modeling, toastmistress group, and performing in little theater. In 1971, they moved the family to Issaquah, Washington and Jacki entered politics, serving on the Issaquah city council. In 1978 they moved to Wilbur, Washington for a quieter life in the country where Frank could go duck hunting all season long which was his lifelong hobby. He was also a volunteer with the Wilbur Emergency Fund. Jacki served as mayor of Wilbur, earned her pilot’s license, and was a saleswoman for the Vernon Company. They were members of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church where they were both Eucharistic Ministers and Jacki sang in the choir. They retired in 1993 and became snowbirds between Wilbur and Yuma, Arizona. Frank continued to hunt every fall and Jacki stayed busy booking her own shows as a musical performer singing and playing her keyboard. In their last year of life they moved to Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho to be closer to home and the medical care Frank needed. Frank experienced 2 strokes and suffered from prostate cancer. He was under hospice care at the time of his death. He was 87 years old. Jackie died unexpectedly from a sudden cardiac event. She was 86 years old. They were an inseparable couple in life and in death passing away just 8 weeks apart.
Frank and Jacki are survived by their 5 children, Jeff Holy, Kim Ebel, Melissa Holy, Tammi Douglas and Nate Holy, their spouses and 9 grandchildren. Jacki is survived by her 3 sisters, Virginia Prussman, Doris Finn, and Barbara Huber. Frank was preceded in death by his parents, his stepmother Hildagarde Holy, brother Edward Holy and sister Carol Theis. Jacki was preceded in death by her parents.
The graveside service will take place on Friday July 29 at 1:30 p.m. at the WA State Veteran’s Cemetery in Medical Lake, WA with Fr. Kenny St. Hilaire presiding. A memorial service will be held the following day (Saturday, July 30) at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wilbur, WA at 11:00 a.m., with a reception following in the church basement.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Altar Society located at P.O. Box 106 Wilbur, WA 99185 or the Wilbur Emergency Fund 116 SW Regent Wilbur, WA 99185.
Please feel free to visit Frank and Jacki’s Memorial Website and sign their guestbook at http://www.forevermissed.com/frank-jacki-holy
