Jun 22, 2017

Jordan Holthouse, Celeryville, Ohio farmer, dies

Jordon E. Holthouse, 85, of Celeryville, Ohio, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family early Wednesday morning, June 21, 2017 in Mercy Hospital of Willard following a short illness. J

Jordon was born November 25, 1931 in Willard and was the son of the late Rudy and Janna (Cok) Holthouse. He lived in Celeryville his entire life and was a 1949 graduate of New Haven High School. Jordon attended Calvin College and later received his bachelor of science in education from Ashland College. He was a Korean War veteran of the US Coast Guard. Jordon was a teacher in the Plymouth-Shiloh School District for three years, and also taught briefly at Willard and Greenwich.

In 1964, he joined his father full time in the farming operations at Celeryville. Later his brothers, Stanton and Mark, joined he and his father in the Holthouse Brothers Farms in Celeryville and Parma, Michigan. When the next generation joined the farming operations the name was changed to Holthouse Farms.

In 1975, Jordon was honored as a Distinguished Huron County Farmer by the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. In 1977-78 he was president of the Ohio Vegetable and Potato Growers Association, he served 20 years on the Huron County Board of Health, was a member of the New Haven Twp. Zoning Board of Appeals, and was a past-President of the Celeryville Christian School Board.

Jordon is survived by his wife of 62 years, Constance (Bogard) Holthouse, whom he married February 11, 1955; three daughters: Valerie (Marvin) Van Someren of Hudsonville, MI, Karen (Marc) Schultz of Belle Glade, FL, and Sheri Holthouse of Alexandria, VA; three sons: Kenneth (Robin) Holthouse of Celeryville, Steven (Randi) Holthouse of North Fairfield, and Michael (Kristina) Holthouse of Medina; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; his brother, Stanton Holthouse of Celeryville; and his sister, Adrea (Charlie) Boerigter of Bellflower, CA. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Mark Holthouse, and his sister-in-law, Carol Holthouse.

Arrangements are being made by the Byerly-Lindsey Funeral Home.