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Charles Holdorf
Date published: 12/13/2008 Charles Holdorf Charles Holdorf 89, of Fredericksburg died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, at Mary Washington Hosptial. Mr. Holdorf was born in Yonkers, N.Y., Nov. 3, 1919 to Charles G. and Alice Sitterly Holdorf. His family moved upstate to Fort Hunter where Mr. Holdorf spent his childhood and youth. He enjoyed fondly reminiscing with his grandchildren about his wonderful early years and how much he enjoyed trapping, fishing, hunting, and diving off the Erie Canal locks as a youngster. He served in the Army Air Forces in 1945 and was extremely proud of enlisting to serve his country. He became an accomplished private pilot and was an avid traveler. He graduated from Fultonville High School. In January 1940, he married his high school sweetheart, Anna Katherine Podmajersky, whom he considered to be the smartest, most beautiful woman he had ever met. He was a 1942 graduate of the University of Minnesota. Mr. Holdorf taught at both Fultonville High School and Cobleskill Agricultural College. He moved with his wife and two children to Spencer W.Va., where he became a salesman for school sporting equipment. In 1957 the family moved again, to Coopers-town, N.Y., and purchased BF Sisson, a prominent retail store in Oneonta. Mr. Holdorf was preceded in death by his wife, Anna, in 1981. In 1984 he married Marian Tinelli and they resided in Cooperstown until her death in 1996. Charles was a proud American and was active in local, state and national politics. He also was a Mason, a member of the American Legion, and attended Fredericksburg Baptist Church. This past year he made many new and dear friends at Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Arnold and Janet Pierson of Fredericksburg; two sons, Bruce Holdorf and Charles Holdorf Jr. of South Carolina; his beloved grandchildren, Daniel and his wife, Anne, of Richmond, Christopher and Emily Pierson of Fredericksburg, Jessica Pierson, who is on the mission field in Peru, Jenny Goodrich and her husband, Adam, Betsy Hawthorne and her husband, David, and William Farwell of Fredericksburg; and great-granddaughter, Katie Hawthorne. He was preceded in death by sisters Mildred Myers of Johnstown, N.Y., Hazel Swart of Amsterdam, N.Y., and Ruth Poole of Austin, Texas. Following a family prayer service officiated by the Rev. Patti English, burial will follow in the Maple Avenue Cemetery in Fultonville, N.Y. Memorial contributions may be made in his name to Fredericksburg Baptist Church, 1019 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg, Va. 22401.
Date published: 12/13/2008
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