Funeral services for Bill Holm set for March 7-8

The Minnesota writer will be mourned next weekend in his hometown of Minneota.

Star Tribune

Last update: February 27, 2009 - 3:45 PM

Funeral services for Minnesota writer Bill Holm will be held next weekend in his hometown of Minneota.

Holm, 65, died Wednesday in a South Dakota hospital from complications of pneumonia.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. next Saturday, March 7, at the Rehkamp-Horvath Funeral Home, 124 E. 1st St., in Minneota.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 414 E. Lyon St., Minneota.

LAURIE HERTZEL

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