Esther Pauline Reutter Holm

Esther was born in the roaring 20's to Edward and Emma Reutter and was raised on the family's sugar beet farm in Bay City, Michigan. She is the second of four children and was just eight years old when the Great Depression devastated our country.In her early 20's, Esther moved to Denver, Colorado where she met a young Lutheran pastor named Alexander Holm and in May of 1944 they were married. In 1947, Pastor Holm was sent to the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Glenwood Springs, Colorado and it was there that their daughter, Sharon, was born in 1948, followed by Melody in 1953. Her only granddaughter, Natalie, was born in 1986 to mother Sharon.In 1957, Pastor Holm was sent to Las Vegas and in 1958 he and Esther founded Mountain View Lutheran Church. Esther loved music so she learned to play the organ and formed the choirs since the church didn't have either. Years later, Esther would be asked to play the organ at Lamb of God Lutheran Church. In 1958, Esther began working as the bookkeeper for Desert Supply; a position she would keep for almost 30 years.Esther enjoyed visiting her daughter and granddaughter in Europe, gardening, taking day trips with her friends in the Prime Timers group, enjoying nature and good friends. Esther was preceded in death by her husband in 1980 and her daughter Melody in 2014. She will be missed greatly but is now at peace with her husband, daughter and the Lord.