Funeral Services for Lillian H. Holden, age 94 of Bucyrus, will be held at 1:00pm Thursday, June 26, 2014 at the Bucyrus Lutheran Church. Pastor Stephanie Swanson will officiate with burial in the Hettinger Cemetery.



Serving as casketbearers are Lynn Olson, Randy and Vance Valhoff, Jim Halvorson, Howard Steen, and Don Sipma.


LILLIAN H. SCHLAPMAN was born on April 30, 1920 at Gladstone, ND. She was the eleventh of twelve children born to Anton and Anna (Simon) Schlapman. She received her education in the Taylor, ND area and graduated from Taylor High School.


Lillian lived her entire life in North Dakota except for six years when she worked in Seattle, WA for Boeing Aircraft and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1948, she was united in marriage to Gordon Holden of Bucyrus. At the time, Gordon was living on his father's farm south of Bucyrus. Later on Gordon and Lillian took over the farming operation. To this union a son Randall was born who now operates the farm. Lillian and Gordon were married 53 years.


Lillian loved gardening and oil painting. She was a member of the Bucyrus Lutheran Church, the Bucyrus Ladies Aide, the Hettinger Art Association, and the Bucyrus-Reeder Homemakers Club.


She was diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease 5 years ago and her health has continued to fail since. She passed away on Sunday morning, June 22, 2014 at her home south of Bucyrus.


Lillian is survived by one son, Randall, and numerous nieces and nephews.


She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Gordon in 2001, brothers, Tony, Rudy, Albert, William, and Walter Schlapam; and sisters, Louise Sazdoff, Wilma Basic, Rose Veverka, and Evelyn Willis; her ½ brother, Richard Schlapman, and step-brothers and step-sisters, Albert Lehmann, Elsie Clemens, Reinhold Lehmann, Frieda Larsen, Marie Helgeson, Hilda Wood, and Leone Torbinsen.


Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 1:00 to 7:00pm at the Centennial Chapel of the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger.