Jordan Michael “Mike” Holloway, 80, passed away peacefully in his home in Silver City, New Mexico on June 8. Mike spent much of his career as an orthopedic surgeon at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
He retired from there in 2001 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and then spent several years teaching orthopedics in third world countries through Health Volunteers Overseas. He and his wife Margie Gibson moved to Silver City last September. Mike’s interest in Native health was the result of meeting two Gwich’in elders, and inspired his book Dreaming Bears, published by Epicenter Press in 2014.
He was a skilled outdoorsman who loved wild country, and worked to protect it as well as the subsistence way of life. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son David Holloway and his wife Marilyn, and their daughters Mikayla and Lauren of Burnaby, BC, Canada. He also leaves behind his sister Barbara Smith of Pendleton, SC and brother Ted Holloway of Hoboken, GA.
Mr. Holloway will be having a Green burial at Fort Bayard National Cemetery on Wednesday, June 17th at 11am.
Restrictions due to the COVID-19 limits no more than 25 people and masks are mandatory.
Arrangements are with Terrazas Funeral Chapels
He retired from there in 2001 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and then spent several years teaching orthopedics in third world countries through Health Volunteers Overseas. He and his wife Margie Gibson moved to Silver City last September. Mike’s interest in Native health was the result of meeting two Gwich’in elders, and inspired his book Dreaming Bears, published by Epicenter Press in 2014.
He was a skilled outdoorsman who loved wild country, and worked to protect it as well as the subsistence way of life. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son David Holloway and his wife Marilyn, and their daughters Mikayla and Lauren of Burnaby, BC, Canada. He also leaves behind his sister Barbara Smith of Pendleton, SC and brother Ted Holloway of Hoboken, GA.
Mr. Holloway will be having a Green burial at Fort Bayard National Cemetery on Wednesday, June 17th at 11am.
Restrictions due to the COVID-19 limits no more than 25 people and masks are mandatory.
Arrangements are with Terrazas Funeral Chapels
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