John R. Holmes (Jack) died peacefully on July 3, 2022, at Tidewell Hospice House in Venice, Fla., after a battle with cancer at the age of 88.
Jack was born in Berlin, N.H., on February 7, 1934, to Helen and John A. Holmes.
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