Lorraine Marie Holzum

Lorraine Marie Holzum, 92, of Leopold, Missouri, died Thursday, March 20, 2025, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born August 10, 1932, in Lutesville, the daughter of Martin J. and Hannah R. Landewe Seiler. She graduated from Lutesville High School in 1950. She married Henry T. Holzum on November 8, 1952, at St. John Catholic Church in Leopold. He preceded her in death on December 21, 2015.

She was a member of St. John Catholic Church at Leopold, a member of St. Ann’s Parish Council of Catholic Women, a homemaker, avid gardener, and talented seamstress. She loved caring for animals on her farm as well as her pets and birds.

Survivors include her son: Theodore (Vicki) Holzum of Jackson; daughters: JoEllen (Norman) Jansen and Leeann (the late Gerald) Jansen of Leopold; grandchildren: Denise Jansen, Sonya (Joshua) Glastetter, Hanna (Ryan) Burger, Shelly (Ben) Meier, Laura (Kyle) Booth, Holly (Dustin) Hoesli, Robert (Amanda) Holzum and Janice (Gabriel) Scherer; twenty four great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son in law; sister: Rose Ann and brother in law: Stanley Thiele.

Visitation will be held at the Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill on Sunday, March 23, 2025, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. Rosary Service will begin at 7:00 pm.

Funeral Mass will be held at St. John Catholic Church in Leopold, on Monday, March 24, at 10:00 am, with Fr. Vincent officiating.

Burial will follow at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Leopold.