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Topic: Bonnie Holmes, von Braun's secretary (1931-2014)
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sev8n
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posted 12-06-2014 09:48 PM
  
Bonnie Holmes, for 18 years the trusted personal secretary to Dr. Wernher von Braun and a beloved figure at Marshall Space Flight Center, has died at 83, the Huntsville Times reports. Von Braun's daughter Margrit called Holmes "the superglue of Apollo" as she worked alongside the NASA leader.Holmes was a 21-year-old stenographer at Redstone Arsenal in 1952 when she was asked to interview for a new position. It turned out to be the job as von Braun's aide. Ironically, she never officially interviewed with von Braun. The day of the interview, his wife Maria went into labor with Margrit and von Braun left early to go to the hospital. "I just took it on faith he was going to be a good boss. And he was," Holmes said in a 2012 interview with The Huntsville Times/AL.com. Funeral Arrangements |
RockyMnWay
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posted 12-06-2014 11:02 PM
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randy
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posted 12-06-2014 11:21 PM
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mode1charlie
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posted 12-07-2014 01:44 AM
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GACspaceguy
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posted 12-07-2014 05:20 AM
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spaceman
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posted 12-07-2014 05:38 AM
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Kite
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posted 12-07-2014 06:13 AM
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capoetc
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posted 12-07-2014 06:36 AM
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Lunar rock nut
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posted 12-07-2014 06:47 AM
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Jeff
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posted 12-07-2014 07:16 AM
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Delta7
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posted 12-07-2014 07:41 AM
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Rick Mulheirn
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posted 12-07-2014 08:08 AM
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ejectr
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posted 12-07-2014 08:27 AM
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Jurg Bolli
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posted 12-07-2014 09:15 AM
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mach3valkyrie
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posted 12-07-2014 12:51 PM
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David Carey
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posted 12-07-2014 01:14 PM
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sts205cdr
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posted 12-07-2014 01:32 PM
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dss65
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posted 12-07-2014 08:11 PM
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Gilbert
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posted 12-08-2014 02:57 PM
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fredtrav
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posted 12-08-2014 03:37 PM
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Ken Havekotte
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From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 12-08-2014 03:41 PM
.(Bonnie Holmes was always very kind to me with my letters to von Braun at Huntsville as she would often handle our requests for signatures, photos, and replying to questions of mine throughout the 1970s. May she rest in peace). |
E2M Lem Man
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posted 12-08-2014 07:45 PM
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Greggy_D
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posted 12-08-2014 07:56 PM
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413 is in
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From: Alexandria, VA USA
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posted 12-11-2014 05:07 PM
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Solarplexus
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posted 12-11-2014 05:39 PM
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East-Frisian
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posted 12-12-2014 06:59 AM
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