James Ted Holdeman

Funeral services for Ted Holdeman will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 13, 2012 at Family Life Church with Pastor Martin Crump officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Gillette Memorial Chapel.James Ted Holdeman, Jr. left this world on April 10, 2012, at the age of 48 by his own choice. Ted was a big gentle man with a heart to match his size. He loved his family and friends with a passion seldom seen. He never forgot a person's name after he had met them and it only took a short conversation before he considered them his friend. He was born January 4, 1964 to James (Jim) and Barbara (Hunnell) Holdeman in Sheridan Wyoming. He grew up in Gillette, Wyoming and graduated from CCHS in 1982. At the age of 12, he started working summers with his aunt and uncle Study on a ranch near Biddle, Montana, which he spoke of often. After high school, he worked on a ranch for Bud Gleason near Weston, Wyoming. He was a man of all trades, working construction, oil and methane fields. He worked for Farmer's Co-Op, Walter's Welding, Handran Production and WPX Energy (formerly Williams Production). He was a member of DeMolay, NRA (lifetime), Moose Lodge, Eagles Lodge and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. He loved the outdoors, camping, fishing and having a cold one with friends and family. He married Rebecca Ann Schwindt on April 5, 2008, and gained three beautiful step-daughters. On February 22, 2010, they brought into the world the light of his life, Kamryn Elizabeth Holdeman. Ted is survived by his wife, Rebecca; daughter, Kamryn; step-daughters; Kelsey Marie Browning (Brad), Krista Lynne Schwindt (Alex Kelley), and Kayla Nichole Schwindt (Todd Zenor); mother, Barbara Holdeman; sister, Chris (Tom) Cheairs; brother, Roy (Robbie) Holdeman ; mother and father in-law, Ernest and Helen Reynolds; two brothers in-law: Johnny (Nciki) Reynolds and George Reynolds; a lifelong friend, John E. Sharp Jr. and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and all of Gillette.He was preceded in death by his father, James Ted Holdeman, Sr.; grandparents, Ted and Katrina Holdeman, George and Irene Hunnell; aunt and uncle, Brooks and Katherine Study, cousin, Leann Allen and uncle, George Hunnell, Jr., a brother-in-law, Thomas Reynolds Sr.Memorials and condolences may be sent in Ted's name in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 W. 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or condolences via the internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.com.Funeral Home:Gillette Memorial Chapel210 West Fifth Street Gillette, WYUS 82716