Wana Jean Hollier October 2, 1925 - March 19, 2015
Wana Jean Peters Hollier of Port Neches, Texas, and long-time resident of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away in the early morning hours of March 19, 2015, following a short illness. She will be reunited with her husband, Ivan Hollier, and her twin sons, Ronald and Donald Hollier, who predeceased her. Jean was born in Norman, Oklahoma, to William Claude Peters and Colombia Fox Peters on Oct. 2, 1925. She had one brother, William Claude Peters, Jr., who was with General George Patton's army in Auf, Germany, when he was killed in battle in 1945. Jean mourned the loss of her brother all her life. When Port Arthur native Ivan Hollier joined the Navy in 1942, he was sent to Gunnery School at Tinker's Air Force Base outside of Norman, Ok., where he fell in love at first sight with the lovely and shy Jean Peters. They were married on June 24, 1943, in Jacksonville, Florida. In Sept of 1944, Jean and Ivan celebrated the birth of their first child, Robert Earl Hollier. When the war ended, the three Holliers settled in Port Arthur where they raised their family. The twin sons were born in May, 1949. Ivan worked at Gulf Oil Refinery and Jean stayed home to raise the boys. In the early 1950s, Jean, a member of the Church of Christ, converted to Catholicism, joining her husband and three sons. She was a long-time member of Saint James Catholic Church Altar Guild and a Lay Reader; at the time of her death, Jean was a member of Saint Charles Catholic Church. Jean was also a member of the Woman's Auxiliary of OCAW Local1l-23, and she was a volunteer at the precinct polls for decades. Jean is survived by her eldest son, Robert, and his wife Mimi, their son Robbie, and his son Gavyn; by her grandson Ronnie Hollier, Jr., his wife Latorshia, and their two children-Reagan and Trey; by her granddaughter Lori Ortiz and her husband Thomas, and their two children-Kayla and Thomas, Jr.; by her grand-daughter Jennifer Cardenas and her husband Jay, and their three children-Jillian, Jacie, and Jude; by her grandson Bryan Hollier, his wife Dene, and their three children-Aspen, Chase, and Kendall; by her grand-daughter Jaime Hollier and her daughter Addison; and by two other children by Ronnie Sr.-Ryan and Brittany Jean. Clayton-Thompson Funeral Home will be the site for the funeral service, conducted by the Reverend Dan Malain, Tuesday, March 24, at 3:00 pm. Visitation prior to the service will begin at 1:00 pm. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery where she will be entombed next to her beloved husband. Pallbearers will be Ronnie Hollier, Jr., Bryan Hollier, Robbie Hollier, Thomas Ortiz, Jay Cardenas and George Wheeteroft.