REPUBLICAN POST

April 27, 1916

 

PASSING OF PIONEER

 

            On Friday, April 21, occurred the death of Winslow H. Holmes at Concord, Mich., about a week after he suffered a stroke of apoplexy from which he never regained full consciousness.  He was at the time visiting friends and for many months had never apparently been in better health.  The remains were brought to this city for interment beside those of the late Mrs. Holmes, who died about three years ago.  The members of the Masonic and K.P. lodges were out in regalia as an escort.  The services at the grave were under the auspices of the Masonic order.

            Those who came from away to attend the funeral were:  Mr. and Mrs. Mack Croswell, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Ingolf Larson, Appleton; Shirley Holmes, Chicago, Ill.; Carroll Holmes, Abbotsford; Mrs. D.M. Holmes, Chicago.

            Winslow H. Holmes was born in Concord, Mich., December 18, 1843, and was the youngest of a family of eleven children.  His early schooling was gained by walking three miles to a district school in winter and working on a farm in winter.  He learned the printer’s trade in the office of his brother, David Holmes, at Jackson, Mich.  He later was foreman in the offices of the Three Rivers Republican, the Ann Arbor Courier, the Marshall Statesman, the Charlotte Republican, the Hastings Banner and Hastings Journal, all of Michigan.  In 1880 he came to Wisconsin and became foreman in the office of the Ripon Free Press.  In 1883 he purchased the Waupaca Republican retaining the management for a quarter of a century until 1908.  After selling out his interest in the latter paper and his residence he went to Bayfield and edited the Bayfield Progress.  Here he enjoyed excellent health and was in best spirits when old acquaintances in the newspaper field met him.  He was for many years a familiar figure in this city and will long be remembered.