The Wahkiakum County Eagle - Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891

Marvin John Holland, 89, lifelong resident of Cathlamet passed away January 17, 2012 at Community Home Health Hospice. He was born November 30, 1922 at the Holland family home on Puget Island to parents, John and Elise (Jensen) Holland. He attended school in Puget Island. He served in the United States Navy during WWII in the South Pacific. He married Ruth Smith on June 28, 1947; she preceded him in death in 2006. He was a commercial fisherman fishing in Bristol Bay, Cooks Inlet and Kodiak, Alaska until 1985. He fished the Columbia River for over sixty years. He enjoyed wood working in his shop and visiting friends. He and Ruth were snowbirds for many years enjoying their RV travel to Arizona and Mexico.

He is survived by a son, Larry Holland; daughter, Linda Toste; sister Cora (Tom) Irving; four grandsons, Paul, Brian and Joe Toste and Chris Holland; one great-grandson, Dennis Toste; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister Neva Brown and a grandson Kyle Holland in 2003. He was a member of the Columbia River Fisherman Protective Union, Elochoman Grange, Alaska Fisherman Union and the VFW. Memorial donations can be made to the Cathlamet First Aid Division Fire District, P.O. Box 142, Cathlamet, WA 98612. Celebration of Life Service is pending.

Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.