Lamar "Lum" Harrison Holley Obituary (1922

Lum Holley, 94, passed away July 15, 2017 at his Springville Utah home due to natural causes. He was born September 30, 1922 in Mapleton, Utah, to Glenn and Arlena (Harrison) Holley. Lum was a patriot, having been commissioned a US Naval officer at 19 years of age. As a fighter pilot, he flew numerous catapult-assisted carrier-based fighter, interceptor and bomber aircraft inside the Navy’s Asiatic Fleet during WWII. He returned home at the conclusion of the war, courted and married Miss American Fork, Lois Shafter. They wed October 2, 1946, and had been married for 68 years at the time of her passing in October of 2014. Their marriage was solemnized in the Provo Utah LDS Temple. Lum was Lois’s full-time caregiver for the last 9 years of her life. He was self-employed his entire adult life, the majority of which spent as an independent manufacturer’s agent in the aerospace industry, thereby linking his love of aviation to his profession. Family was paramount to Lum, and he was aware of the location of every family member on a daily basis. It was commonplace to receive phone calls from him prior to, during and upon the conclusion of your travel. Sunday night gatherings at his home were a family staple for decades, with four generations of family members present in recent years. He was introduced to the game of golf at the relatively “old age” of 37, and took to it immediately. He played regularly until the age of 90. Lum was one of the charter members of Club Radar, which became Riverside Country Club with the course opening for play in June 1962. He competed in 50 consecutive annual Riverside “Mulligan” (member-guest) invitational tournaments, and he is the only individual in RCC’s 55-year course history to have scored a hole-in-one on each of the club’s four par-3 holes. At the time of his passing, he was the last remaining living RCC founder member, thereby truly marking the end of an era. Lum is survived by his four children; Kandis Holley-Howard, Orem; Jerry (Christine), Las Vegas; Rand (Jan), Provo; and Trudy (Dan) Forsman, Provo. He is additionally survived by eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren, his younger brother, Robert (Wanda); Mapleton, and sister Colleen (Stan) Thatcher, Mapleton. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Lois, and his older brother Russell. Funeral services will be Tuesday, July 25th, at the Springville LDS Stake Center, 245 South 600 East at 11 a.m. Graveside services and burial begin at approximately 2:30 p.m. at Eastlawn Memorial Hills Cemetery in Provo. In lieu of pre-funeral viewings, a gathering of family, friends and acquaintances celebrating Lum’s life will be staged from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Tuesday, July 25th at Riverside Country Club, 2701 N. University Ave. in Provo. Condolences may be expressed at www.bergmortuary.com.