Anita Louise Holmes

September 27, 2008

Anita Louise Holmes, 85, of Berryville, Virginia anf formerly of Camillus, died Saturday, September 27, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Holmes was born December 26, 1922 in Berlin, New Hampshire, the daughter of Leopold and Leight Isabelle Riff Murphy. She was a homemaker and had worked as a secretary to the Medical Director at Pratt & Whitney. She was a member of Fairmount Community Church for 45 years. She married Winfred H. Holmes on December 2, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Holmes died March 15, 2002. Surviving are a daughter, Susan Joy Holmes Hauge of Yakutsk, Russia; four sons, Stephen Roland Holmes of Clifton, VA, Alan Wendell Holmes of Gaithersburg, MD, Brian Murphy Holmes of McLean, VA, and Christopher Michael Holmes of Berryville, VA; two sisters, Myra Delgado of Wethersfield, CT and Patricia LeClerc of Berlin, NH; two brothers, Norman Murphy of Portsmouth, NH and John Murphy of Richland, WA; and four grandchildren. A memorial service will be held 10:30 A.M. Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Fairmount Community Church with Rev. P.V. George officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Warners, NY. Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the Fairmount Community Church Memorial Fund.