Van Holt

Jay Van Holt, a Golden Cross recipient and member of the Old Men’s Club, entered the Adytum on April 6, 2008, at age 84. He lived in Santa Rosa in Marin County (NorCal) with his wife Marilyn.

Van Holt was friends with Tom Straeter, Fred Thornley, Herb Martin and Mitch Toland while in the fraternity in the 1940s. “He was a wonderful guy,” Bob Baker said.

“He didn’t lack for a story. He was a good man. If you knew him, you’d love him.”

Van Holt served in the Navy during World War II and was stationed in Palermo, Sicily. He married Marilyn in 1952, after another tour of military service during the Korean Work, and worked as a sales manager for Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y., Salt Lake City, Detroit and Los Angeles.

Van Holt retired in 1985 to Santa Rosa in the San Francisco Bay area, and stayed busy with bridge, golf, and traveling, with trips to Alaska, Russia, Italy and Sicily, and Greece.

Van Holt’s wife Marilyn can be contacted at (707) 579-5583. They have four children, Jack, Tom, Maxim and Brooks, and one grandchild.