12B. Ethel Lyle Galbreath was born in Spring Grove, Allegan County, Michigan, on Saturday, November 30, 1900, and died in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan, on March 30, 1984. She was buried in North Shore Memory Gardens, Hagar Shores, Michigan.. Elwyn Holmes was born on Friday, April 12, 1918, and died in South Haven in May, 1987. They were married in South Haven on Sunday, April 22, 1917. She took the name Ethel Lyle Holmes. They were divorced. She is the daughter of Charles Edward and Aura Belle (Stuller) Galbreath. +sx m They had five children:
| i. | Elwin Robert Holmes [#12BA]: He was born _____. | |
| ii. | Walter W. Holmes [#12BB]: He was born _____. | |
| iii. | Vernon George Holmes [#12BC]: He was born on December 21, 1921, and died in September, 1983. | |
| iv. | Harry R. Holmes [#12BD]: He was born on February 27, 1924. | |
| v. | John Wesley Holmes [#12BE]: He was born on June 17, 1926. |
From Ethel's certificate of death, she was a resident of South Haven living at 716 Francis. Her occupation was retail sales clerk. She was divorced. She suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary edema due to cigarette smoking complicated by congestive heart failure. Her cause of death is listed as respiratory failure. She was in South Haven Community Hospital.
The Social Security Death Index gives Ethel's SSN as 376-22-0164,
confirms her birth and death dates, and gives her last residence as
South Haven. It gives Elwyn's SSN as 369-14-5936 and provides his birth and
death information.