Joshua Matthew Holdsworth, 21, of Easton and Trenton, died on Saturday, January 14, 2006 as a result of a vehicle accident.
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Joshua Matthew Holdsworth, 21, of Easton and Trenton, died on Saturday, January 14, 2006 as a result of a vehicle accident.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006 at the First Baptist Church in Gower, under the direction of the Hixon-Klein Funeral Home at Gower.
A visitation will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006 at the church.
Joshua was born at 3:02 a.m. on June 25, 1984 at the Naval Base Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. He attended elementary and middle school in St. Joseph and East Buchanan High School in Gower. Josh recently received his diploma from Benton High School through Project Recovery in St. Joseph.
During his summers growing up, Josh enjoyed Little League, snorkeling, and gathering lizards. He was a member of the East Buchanan football team where he received All Conference and All District Honor during the 2002 football season.
Josh worked for Herzog Company in St. Joseph.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, James Holdsworth; and great-grandfathers, Arvard Vanderford and Ed Makos Sr. and Uncle Keith Holdsworth.
He is survived by his father and step-mother, Kenny and Kari Holdsworth and siblings, McKenna and Colten, all of Easton; his mother and step-father, Becky and Randy Burks and siblings, Brendon, Azaria, Erika, Destiny and Trinity, all of Trenton; grandparents and great-grandparents, Susie Holdsworth and Evelyn Mooneyham, both of North Kansas City, Danny and Wilma Eskridge and Irene Vanderford, all of Trenton, Becky and Kenny Shunk of Fillmore, Mary Makos of St. Joseph, James and Carol Burks of King City, and Stan and Ruth Ebersold of Trenton; his girlfriend, Ashley Akers of Shenandoah, IA; and numerous, aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends.
Memorials are suggested to the Joshua Holdsworth Memorial Fund.