Obituary: Emily P. Holmes

Longtime Meeker resident Emily P. Holmes, 83, died Oct. 9, 2013, at the Walbridge Memorial Wing.
Emily was born Sept. 17, 1930, to Ted and Sarah VanDusen in Tracy, Minn. She was graduated from Tracy High School and attended business school in Minneapolis. While working in an insurance office in Denver, Colo., Emily was asked to go on a blind New Year’s Day date with a mutual acquaintance. And, as Emily said,…