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Michael McDonald Holbrook, age 57, of 11 W. VanScoter Street, Hornell NY, died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon, November 5, 2022, at his home.<\/p>\nMichael McDonald Holbrook, age 57, of 11 W. VanScoter Street, Hornell NY, died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon, November 5, 2022, at his home.<\/p>\n
Born in Hornell on November 9, 1964, he was the son of William Holbrook and Pauline (McDonald) Holbrook.<\/p>\n
Michael grew up in Hornell. \u00a0His family discovered that he loved music and had perfect pitch when he was age 3. \u00a0From ages 4 to 8, his dedicated mother drove him five days a week to SUNY Geneseo to work with Dr. Rosedale, a renowned Professor of Speech Therapy. \u00a0\u00a0Aided by the Hornell Barbershoppers, Michael attended the Institute of Logopedics (children\u2019s speech) in Wichita, Kansas from the age of 8 to 22, where he learned to speak, read, write, and play the piano and violin.<\/p>\n
Following graduation, Michael returned to Hornell where he resided with his mother for many years while working for the Steuben ARC in Bath. \u00a0In his 30\u2019s Michael began independent living at the Hornell Community residence. Over the years, Michael made many friends among the residents and staff in his group home and was very proud to earn money through his work at the Steuben County ARC Industrial Workshop in Bath and the Livingston County ARC Hilltop Industries in Mt. Morris. \u00a0He rode the bus daily to work. \u00a0No matter where he was, Michael would check in with the VanScoter Street staff to find out what was on the menu for dinner.<\/p>\n
Michael was a creature of habit and he loved his routines. \u00a0He watched classic TV shows such as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy daily and listened to music from the 60\u2019s, 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s that his brother Bill recorded for him. \u00a0He was well known throughout the Hornell community and could be seen regularly attending Hornell Dodgers\u2019 games and local band concerts, swimming at the YMCA, going to the American Legion and Elks Club and attending Kanona Fire Department dinners, usually in the company of his mother, and his brother, J.P. \u00a0\u00a0Michael loved to sing in church and often celebrated his birthday with the Hornell Barbershoppers. \u00a0\u00a0He would walk to his mother\u2019s house on Adsit Place, checking in to say hello at the Hornell Fire Station and Police Department, and would go to church at St. Ann\u2019s, and eat Sunday brunch at Country Kitchen. \u00a0Michael was a member of Our Lady of the Valley Parish and even had his very own pew reserved for him at St. Ann\u2019s Church.<\/p>\n
Michael\u2019s family was very important to him. \u00a0Whenever the family would gather, Michael would repeatedly say: \u201cI\u2019m not missing my family, am I?\u201d<\/p>\n
His father predeceased him in 1989. \u00a0Michael is survived by his mother Pauline Holbrook, sister Debby (Alexander Hoke) Holbrook of Juneau, Alaska, brother Dennis (Michele) Holbrook of East Aurora, NY, brother Bill Holbrook of Juneau, Alaska, brother J.P. Holbrook of Hornell, brother Paul (Jill) Holbrook of East Aurora, NY; nephews Hayden, Ryan, Patrick, Zander, Billy, and Emilio; nieces Heather, Jessica, Caitlin, Ashley, Hannah, Erin and Emma; grandnieces Ariana, Emery and Mackenzie; and grandnephew Dylan. \u00a0\u00a0He also leaves behind the family that he loved at his VanScoter Street home.<\/p>\n
The family of Michael M. \u201cMike\u201d Holbrook will receive friends on Monday, November 21, 2022 from 5:00PM until 7:00PM at Dagon Funeral Home. \u00a0Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 10:00AM at St. Ann\u2019s Church with burial in St. Mary\u2019s Cemetery.<\/p>\n
Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n
Michael\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to:\u00a0 The Allegany-Steuben ARC (https:\/\/thearcas.org\/get-involved\/donate\/<\/u>)<\/u> or YMCA of Hornell, NY (https:\/\/www.hornellymca.com\/donate<\/u>)<\/u> or Hornell Area Wind Ensemble (https:\/\/www.hornellareawindensemble.org<\/a><\/u>)<\/u>.<\/p>\n To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit ww.dagonfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael McDonald Holbrook, age 57, of 11 W. VanScoter Street, Hornell NY, died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon, November 5, 2022, at his home. Born in Hornell on November 9, 1964, he was the son of William Holbrook and Pauline (McDonald) Holbrook. Michael grew up in Hornell. \u00a0His family discovered that he loved music and had perfect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6084"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6094,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6084\/revisions\/6094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}