Jesse Hollingsworth

Jesse (Holly) Hollingsworth passed on 16 August 2010. Holly was born on 6 September 1920 to Katharine (Bandel) and Jesse Hollingsworth in Woodensburg, Maryland. Jesse enlisted in the US Navy at the age of nineteen and was discharged (honorably) at the age of twenty-five on 22 October 1945. While in the Navy, he served as a Machinist's Mate, First Class on the USS New York; the USS Griffin; and his last tour of duty on the USS Bushnell. Holly served exclusively in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. He received meritorious conduct in the performance of his duties as a sailor, charged with the maintenance and service of the Submarine Squadron 14 on the USS Bushnell from July 1943 to July 1945. Holly returned to civilian life in 1945 in Los Angeles where he attended LA City College. In 1955, he began his career as a machinist for Marquardt Company in the San Fernando Valley. The Marquardt Corporation served many contracts with the US Department of Defense. At the age of thirty, Jesse married Jeannine Lenore Smith, originally from Minnesota. Four children were the fruits of this marriage: Christine, Michele, Steven and Jeffery Hollingsworth. Jesse retired in 1990 from the Marquardt Corporation and continued to live in the San Fernando Valley (Canoga Park) until October of 2006 when he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota to be near his daughter Michele. In his retirement, Holly enjoyed meticulous machining of small and detailed parts; fixing old motors; caring for his roses and his fruit trees; and, photography. He is survived by his four children Christine Hollingsworth and her husband Koos Weel from Hoorn, The Netherlands; Michele and her husband Jan Koomen (Minneapolis, MN); Steven (Phoenix, AZ) and Jeffery and Elisabeth Koomen (Mountain View, CA); fourteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the Presbyterian Homes of Arden Hills, Lakeview Assisted Living: Botanical Living Memorial for Jesse Hollingsworth. Arrangements are facilitated by Holcomb-Henry-Boom-Purcell Funeral Homes & Cremation Services with private service in Shoreview, Minnesota. Holly will be laid to rest with military honors at Fort Snelling in Minnesota

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Jesse Hollingsworth

September 6, 1920 - August 16, 2010

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Jesse Hollingsworth

September 6, 1920 - August 16, 2010

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