John Eric Gunther Hollis

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of John Eric Gunther Hollis on September 30th, 2024 at the age of 77. John was born on July 1st, 1947 to Fred and Hildegard Hollis in Los Angeles, CA. After he graduated from South Pasadena High School in 1965, he studied Business Administration at California State University at Los Angeles. He met Barbara at 15 years old at a Valentines party. They were married in South Pasadena, CA in 1969 and they began their life together in Southern California, camping up and down the west coast on weekends. Their children, Jim and Julie, were born in Anaheim, CA. John worked for Blue Cross of California, CalComp, Hamilton Avnet, and finished his career with 23 years at Intel Corporation. In 1978, he moved to Oregon with his family and helped open the Systems Plant for Intel in Hillsboro, OR while maintaining a small farm on the hill in Cornelius. He then moved on to distributor sales and marketing and eventually moved with his family to Maryland to pursue field sales for Intel in 1982. In Maryland, John enjoyed spending time with his family on his boat on the Magothy River and running a local retail business with Barbara at Mindy’s Country House for over 20 years. He retired from Intel in 1999 and worked full time at Mindy’s taking care of the finances and working alongside Barbara in retail sales. After Mindy’s, he enjoyed working part time as a chase driver for Enterprise Car Rentals and Sales. He worked alongside some former Intel colleagues and made many new friends at Enterprise. John is preceded in joining the Lord by his parents, Fred and Hildegard Hollis, his sisters Georgia Holmquist and Doreen Darin and his daughter in law Kimberly Ann Johnson Hollis. John is survived by his wife Barbara Hollis, his children James Hollis and Julia Cage and son in law, Ronald Cage Jr. He is the proud grandparent of Jack and Lily Hollis and Sierra and Chase Cage. He is also survived by his brother in law Louis Darin and nieces and nephews, Lisa Klewicki, Tom Darin, Debbie Holmquist Cox, Eric Holmquist and Gary Holmquist. A memorial service will be at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church in Severna Park, MD on Saturday, October 5th at 1pm with a reception after in Fellowship Hall. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to Hospice of the Chesapeake or the Continuity of Care Ministry at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church.

John Eric Gunther Hollis

July 1, 1947 - September 30, 2024