Eliot C. “Smokey” Holden, 84, of Westport, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. He was the widower of Geraldine A. (Lajmuc) Holden.
Born in New Bedford, son of the late Ira A. and Rebecca B. (Johnson) Holden, he had resided in both Westport and North Port, FL. He also spent a great amount of time in North Conway, NH. Smokey enlisted and served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. Prior to his retirement in 1991, he was the Assistant Vice President of the Fall River Gas Co.
He was a former member of the Town of Westport Board of Appeals and a former member of the Head of the Westport Volunteer Fire Department, the American Legion Post 0095 of North Conway, NH and a member of the North Port, FL Moose Lodge 764. Smokey loved spending time with his family and pets Maya and Meeko.
Survivors include 3 sons: Paul E. Holden and his wife Patricia, Peter E. Holden and his wife Enedina “Dina” and Mark T. Holden; 1 daughter: Ann L. O’Meara and her husband Thomas; grandchildren: Matthew and wife Amanda J, Amanda K., Jared, Shaina, Spenser, Alexander and Kathleen Holden; Ryan and his fiancé Elizabeth Barrett, Scott and Allison O’Meara; and several nieces and nephews. He will be missed by his friend Pauline Dallaire and by all that knew him, including his friends in Florida.
He was the brother of the late Earle B. Holden, Rae Knowlton and Shirley Gifford.
Memorial Mass of Christian Burial to which relatives and friends are invited will be Saturday, April 5, 2014 at St. Bernard’s Church, 30 S. Main St., Assonet, MA 02702 at 10:00 A.M.
Calling hours respectfully omitted.
Interment will be in Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Community Nurse & Hospice Care, 62 Center St., Fairhaven, MA 02719 or to the MSPCA-Angell Headquarters, 350 South Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02130.