HOLDER, Eugene Cleveland (Gene)

THE SUN, Flagstaff, Ariz., Monday, May 16, 1960. Eugene C. (Gene) Holder, 72, Dies; Services Set at Payson Funeral services will be held in Payson, Tuesday, May 17, at 2 p.m., with burial following there for Eugene C. Holder, 72, who died Saturday in the Elk's Association hospital in Tucson. Services will be held in Ihe First Baptist Church and the BPO Elks will conduct the graveside rites. Arizona lost an old time public servant in his passing. Gene, as he was known to his many friends moved with his family from New Mexico, to Sidela on the East Verde in 1896 at the age of 8. He had lived in and around the Mogollon Rim Country ever since he received what schooling was then available in Gisela, Ariz., and started his long and colorful career from that point. His first job was herding Angora Goats on the east Verde, next he started carrying the mail between Gisela and Camp Verde on horseback. Following that, he started in the cow business, buying the old Crown-W-Ranch in the Tonto Basin, he stayed in the cow business until the 1920's. He then was employed by the Forest Service and the Biological Survey as a lion hunter and trapper. He finished his work as an employee of Arizona as a game ranger. Gene will probably be remembered best by his many fiends and various organizations in Arizona for his sincere service in finding lost people on and around the Mogollon Rim Country. He was born March 4, 1888 in the New Mexico Territory near Roswell. Survivors are three sons, Michal V. attending Regina Cleri Seminary in Tucson; James Francis 512 Colorado Blvd., Winslow; and Eugene C. Jr., of 3009 N. Aris St., Flagstaff; his wife, Rosemarie; grandson George and granddaughter Nancy Jean attending Biola Bible College in La M??ada, Calif.; two sisters Mrs. M. R. Saunders, Cashion, Ariz., and Mrs. Walter Haught, Payson; three brothers, Watt Holder, Kingman; Ogden Holder, Payson and Spice Holder, Orlando, Fla., and many nieces and nephews. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Winslow, the Elks Lodge No. 550, Winslow for 16 years and a retired member of the Arizona Game Protective Association.