Visitation
December 10, 2010
6:00-8:00 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map]
Funeral Service
December 11, 2010
11:00 A.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map]
Burial
Location: Broomes Island Weslyan Church Cemetery [Map]
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Charles Richard “Richie” Holesapple, 66, of Owings, MD died Dec. 6, 2010, at the Burnett-Calvert Hospice House in Prince Frederick after a long struggle with cancer. Richie was born December 4, 1944 in Second Creek, West Virginia to Fred and Della Ellen (Sturdivant) Holesapple. He enlisted in the US Navy on August 5, 1965 and served in Vietnam as a Seabee, earning the Vietnam Service, Vietnamese Campaign and the National Defense Service Medals and the Fleet Marine Combat Insignia. He was discharged from active duty August 4, 1969 and completed his reserve obligation August 4, 1971. Upon returning to civilian life he was employed for many years as a construction heavy equipment operator until retiring due to disability. He was also a member of the Stalling-Williams American Legion Post 206, Chesapeake Beach, MD.
Richie was preceded in death by his parents, and is survived by his wife of 22 years, Marjorie Pumphrey Holesapple; sons Richard Holesapple and Brian Holesapple and his wife Lauren; a daughter Ellen Smith and her husband Ivan; stepsons Richard Pumphrey and his wife Trisha and Alvin Pumphrey; step-daughter Linda Barrett and her husband Skip; brothers David Holesapple and his wife Mary Eva, John Holesapple and his wife Ruth, Jim Holesapple and his friend Patty; sisters Susie Copsey and her husband John, and Alice London and her husband Scott; grandchildren, Theresa and Ann Holesapple, Crystal Spring , Rachelle Barrett, and Adam and Steve Pumphrey; and by a sister-in-law Kate Wilson and her husband Craig.
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