Dolores Dyer HOLLAND

1935 - 2007  (71 years)

• Name	Dolores Dyer HOLLAND
  Nickname	Dee
  Birth	20 Oct 1935	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana   [1]
  Death	5 Jul 2007	Groton, New London, Connecticut   [2]
  Person ID	I13045	bmds
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Earle Rupert HOLLAND, Jr.,   b. 3 Aug 1912, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana d. 30 Aug 1988, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Ada Irene RUBUSH,   b. 1905, Irvington, Marion, Indiana d. 27 Jul 1992, Mystic, New London, Connecticut (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F5330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Archie Calhoun SWINDELL, Jr.,   b. 26 Sep 1936, Greenville, Hunt, Texas (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1962	Dallas, Texas
  Age at Marriage	Dolores : 27 years old | Archie : 26 years old.
  Children	2 sons
  	+ 1. Randy Zidick SWINDELL,   b. 7 May 1965, New London, Connecticut (Age 59 years) + 2. Matthew Earle SWINDELL,   b. 11 Apr 1973, Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F5340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Oct 1935 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Census - 1940 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Marriage - 28 Dec 1962 - Dallas, Texas Death - 5 Jul 2007 - Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] 1940 US Census. Holland, Dolores D. | daughter | [S4] Obituary. GROTON – Dolores “Dee” Dyer (Holland) Swindell, 71, passed peacefully from life on July 5, 2007, at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her loving family.She was born in Indianapolis, on Oct. 20, 1935, the only child of Earle Rupert Holland and Ada (Rubush) Holland, both of whom predeceased her.  She was married in Dallas, Tex., to Archie C. Swindell, on Dec. 28, 1962, who survives her. She is also survived by her two sons and their wives and children, Shinobu S. and Matthew E. Swindell of Braintree, Mass., and their sons, Marcus and Lucas, and Louise P. and Randy Z. Swindell of Harrington, Maine, and Randy’s daughter, Jessica, of Groton.  Dee retired from Groton Public Schools in 1995, after 25 years as a media specialist in Northeast, Noank, and West Side schools. She and Arch moved to Connecticut in 1970, and prior to that lived in Durham, N.C., and Ithaca, N.Y. Dee grew up in Indiana, in Minden, La., where she graduated from high school, and in Dallas.  She graduated from Southern Methodist University earning a bachelor of science degree in geology in 1957. She was a technical librarian at Sun Oil Company in Richardson, Tex., where she and Arch met. Her education included the University of North Carolina earning a master’s degree in library science in 1970, Southern Connecticut State University with an educational supervision certificate in 1987, and Johnson & Wales University with a master of science degree in computer education in 1990.  Dee will be remembered as loyal to her many friends, as a proud grandmother, and as staunch supporter of her husband. She received many honors and appointments during her life and has been listed in Who’s Who in American Education.  Dee’s life will be celebrated at a memorial service at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 17, at Old Lyme Congregational Church, Lyme St. and Ferry Road in Old Lyme. A reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Groton Scholarship Fund, Robert E. Fitch Senior High School, 101 Groton Long Point Road, Groton CT 06340. A scholarship for college-bound learning-disabled students is being established. Published in The Day on 7/8/2007. — The Day, July 8, 2007