Harvey Hollister
July 11, 1943 — December 28, 2009
MSgt. Harvey Theodore Hollister, U.S. Air Force, Retired, Cibolo, TX, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 28, 2009, at the age of 66. He is survived by his wife, Sally; son, Harvey Ted Hollister, Jr., LaVernia, TX; daughter, Rebekah Campbell and husband, Jeff, Cibolo, TX; sister, Fay Kreman and husband, Clarence, Crawford, Nebraska; grandchildren, Shealyn Jordan and husband, Ben, Abilene, TX; Joshua Campbell and wife, Andie, San Saba, TX and numerous other relatives and dear friends. Harvey "Jeep" Hollister was born in Florida to Rex and Adele Hollister. He spent the first six years of his life in Panama. His family moved to South Dakota, where he attended junior high school on Pine Ridge Indian reservation and then to Harrison, Nebraska, where he graduated from Sioux County High School. After high school he joined the U.S. Air Force and while stationed at McConnell AFB, Wichita, KS, he met the love of his life. He married Sally Thomas in Derby, Kansas in 1963. After his assignment in Kansas, his AF career sent him to Goose Bay, Labrador and Greenland here he attended NCO Academy. He was given the Speech Award for his broadcast quality voice. During his next assignment at Altus AFB, OK, he was offered a chance to change career fields and was sent to Broadcasting school at Ft Benjamin Harrison, IN. After a year remote at Galena AFB, AK, he was sent with his family to Ramstein AB, Germany. He started a children's TV show called "Uncle Harvey's Fun Shop" and was well known by kids all over Europe. His show was given an award for teaching safety to children. He was then stationed at Berlin, Germany, where he resurrected the "Fun Shop". After the tours in Germany, he was sent to Johnston Island where he was the TV station manager. He built the station from ground up after hurricane Celeste hit the island and the station was completely wiped out. The next and final PCS was to Randolph AFB, TX where he retired after 20 years of service. While at Randolph AFB he produced radio shows for AFRTS that included Country Music Time, the Wolfman Jack show, and the Roger Carroll show. He also worked in recruiting. During his career, he received many awards for his broadcast quality voice. After the Air Force he opened "H&S Electronics" to serve the electronic repair needs of the greater Randolph Metrocom. He sold the business after eight years and worked as the chief broadcast engineer at GETV for eight years before his health began to fail. He was an active member of Garden Ridge Community Church. His hobbies included ham radio, camping, wood working, electronics, astronomy, and his grand-children. In 2003 he received a liver transplant at the University Hospital Transplant Unit. Because that transplant was key to extending Harvey's life, we would like to encourage you to consider becoming an organ donor or make a memorial donation to your local organ transplant organization. Visitation will be held at Schertz Funeral Home on Sunday, January 3, 2010, from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Funeral Services will be held at Schertz Funeral Home on Monday, January 4, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. with interment following at 2:30 p.m. at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, with full military honors.
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