OBITUARY: Wanda Gaynelle Sowers Holland

Graveside service for Wanda Gaynelle Sowers Holland, 91, of Hammond, was Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at Lyndale Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Ron Sweatt officiating. Mrs. Holland went home to be with Jesus Saturday morning Nov. 1, 2014.

Survivors include her nieces, Dorothy Everly (Darris), Virginia Sturtevanat (Dave), Renee Graham (Herbert) and Beth Phelps-Hodges (Mark); nephew, Charles W. Sowers (Judy); great-nephews, Ronald Sweatt (Tammy), James Cleveland (Elizabeth) and Jerald Graham (Olivia); great-niece Jennifer Gouge; and many other great and great-great-nieces and -nephews and one great-great-great-niece.

Mrs. Holland was preceded in death by her husband, James O. Holland; parents, Orval and Stella Sowers; brothers, Robert Sowers (Alma), Elmer W. Sowers (Ruth), and Orval E. "Rip" Sowers (Annalou); sisters, Gladys Winkelman (Henry) and Jean Rose Flenner (Lyle); and Bill Anderson.

"Nano" as she was called by her family was always full of jokes and was a joy to be around. She was a mother-figure to many, and will be missed by who were blessed to know her.