Debra Holderman

Obituaries

April 11, 2016 - 12:00 AM

Debra Lynn Knepp Holderman, 60, Iola, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Cherry Ridge Farms in Ottawa.

Debra was born on May 30, 1955, in Chanute. She grew up in Carlyle where she attended elementary school then middle school and high school in Iola. In 1973 she gave birth to her twins, Brandee and Brandon. She worked at Allen County Law Enforcement for the past five years.

Survivors include her mother, Billie G. Thompson, rural Colony; her son, Brandon Hobbs, and his four children, Madison, Gunner, Macee and Jagger, Oklahoma City; her daughter, Brandee Bratton and husband Joe Bratton, Victoria, Texas; her sister, Diane Ransom and husband Dr. Bud Ransom, Ottawa; her nephew, Ryan Cobbs and wife Abbi and their children, Casey and Shelby; and many cousins. She was preceded in death by her father, Alvin J. Knepp, Wichita; grandparents Lester and Wilma Knepp, Iola, and Bill and Lydia Nettleton, Colony; and nephew Casey Cobbs.

Her interests included time on her mother’s ranch, gardening and creating memories with her family, friends and her Scottish terrier, Jolie.

 

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home with burial to follow in the Colony Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society or St. Luke’s Home Care & Hospice and may be left with the funeral home. To leave a condolence online, go to www.iolafuneral.com.

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