Funeral services for Rosa Olivia Holder, 91, of Brownwood, Texas will be held 10 a.m. Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Heartland Funeral Home.  Interment will follow in the Heflin Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home.  She passed away Friday, April 1, 2011 in a local nursing home.

Mrs. Holder was born on April 20, 1920 in Roby, Texas  to Arthur Hugo and Laura Jewel Warshaw Balko.  On June 5, 1937 she married Norvel Bearl Holder in McCamey, Texas.  They made their home in Imperial, Texas from 1959 to 2004. In 2004 she moved to the Owens Community where she was a member of the Home Extension Club.   She also volunteered for the Good Samaritans and was a member of the Blanket Methodist Church.

Survivors:

Daughters: Patsy LaFon of Kermit, Texas

Rosa Lee (Shot) Harris and husband Charlie L. of Owens, Texas

Grandchildren:

Lee Ann Greene and husband Dale of Abilene, Texas

Tommy LaFon of Houston, Texas

Terri Hooper and husband Jeff of Ponder, Texas

Tammi Johnson and husband Eric of Midland, Texas

Great Grandchildren:

Katie Greene, Zachary Hooper, Sydney Hooper, Kaylee Coleman and Megan Johnson

Preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister Polly Dennis and a brother Frank Balko

The family request memorials be made to the Blanket Methodist Church Building Fund or to the Good Samaritan Ministries.

Friends are invited to sign the guestbook at www.heartlandfuneralhome.net