Marriage

 First marriage to Claudia Holdenried (5 years); second to Judith Holdenried (8 years, 3 in separation); third to Kathlyns Holdenried (23+ years) - no living children but 1 miscarriage at the end of the first year (would have been named Alyson or Erik).

Pat Swoboda

 Pat is my sister (15 years my senior); she is married to Charles Swoboda; they have 1 son, Carl (deceased), who married Kathy (since divorced) who had 1 son, Carter, and, 1 daughter, Susan, who married Sam Estes - they have 1 son, Robert, and 1 daughter, Kristen.

Mike Holdenried

 Mike is my brother (5 years my senior); he is married to Nancy and has 2 children (daughter Lisa & son Ryan); Lisa is married to Jim Trautman and Ryan is married to Nicole (McKenzie is Ryan & Nicole’s daughter).

Amy Hughes

Amy is my oldest daughter; her Mom’s name is Claudia.Holdenried (née Benson); we divorced when she was 3 years old.

Sarah Downs

Sarah is my youngest daughter; her Mom’s name was Judith Holdenried (née Olsen), deceased) who had 3 sons (Matthew, Joshua & Adam) by her first husband; we divorced when she was 5 years old.

Kathy Holdenried

 I met Kathy at St. Johns Lutheran Church in St. Louis City during various activities and events but esp. during a class (line dancing) in the Neighborhood School (a “community school” at the church), though we didn’t start dating for a while afterwards.