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Monroe L. Holley, 91

Monroe Holley passed away Sept. 26, 2017, at home in Athol, Idaho. He was born Oct. 17, 1925, to Carl James Holley and Letha Dodson Holley in Bucoda, Wash.

He graduated from high school in New Mexico and joined the Navy during World War II. He was in San Diego, Calif., doing basic training when he was injured in a diving accident. He spent years in the hospital and VA homes, with a 10-year break, when he met and married Wanda. Together they had a daughter, Tammy Holley, prior to coming to Idaho to live with family.

Everyone liked Monroe, he had a heart of gold, always smiling, joking and taking jokes. He loved fruit trees, gardening, but most of all, fishing.

He loved his family. Monroe was preceded in death by his grandparents who raised him, Henry Ira Holley and Lula Bell Holley; his mother, Letha Dodson Holley; his father and stepmother, Carl James Holley and Minnie Holley; two brothers, Berlin C. Holley and Jewel Buck Holley; his grandson, Daniel Lynn Madwell Jr. and granddaughter Holley Starr Madwell. He had pictures of these family members on his bedroom wall. He talked about them daily; he never forgot any of them.

He is survived by his daughter, Tammy Alvarado and her husband, Jesus Alvarado; granddaughter Tammy Madell Espino and her husband, Uriel Espino; six great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, at the Mountain View Cemetery in Athol, Idaho. Yates Funeral Home is entrusted with final arrangements.

Please visit Monroe’s online memorial and sign his guest book at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.