Gary Wayne Hollinger

Gary Wayne Hollinger

B 12.26.41

D 06.08.26

Parents: Edward “Wayne” Hollinger and Margaret Allen Hollinger Kested (Everett Kested). 

Married: Elizabeth Pontnack nee Holland April, 1985

Siblings: Janet (Gary) Messer, Nancy (Gary) Junker

Children: Matt (Kristin) Hollinger and Katie (Jason) Page.

Grandchildren: Nathan and Megan Hollinger. Sam, Jadien, Kaelin, and Grayson Pattermann. Papa to Whitley Pontnack.

Great grandchildren: Cayden,Kayleighna, and Mayseigh Pontnack

Born and raised in Mount Morris, Illinois and graduated from Mount Morris High School in 1959. He was on the golf and basketball teams and strived for academic averageness. Go Mounders! 

He served in the National Guard Service from 1960-1966.

He was proudly employed by Kable News for 29 years - where he helped create the employee fund which helped families in need.

A man of many hobbies. He was a 2 two-time Club Champion at Sunset Hill County Club. He enjoyed playing cards, ping-pong, basketball, volleyball, and any league sport he could organize to play with his friends.

To know him was to know his laugh, which was always the loudest and most distinctive cackle in the room. You heard him before you saw him. He had the biggest personality and everyone has a few crazy Gary or “Crow” stories. He was a social butterfly, event organizer, and Pepper Mill regular. Caretaker for 26 years of his beloved Betsy.

He made you laugh, he made you shake your head, he made you his friend. Then he made himself a vodka and brown pop cocktail.

Gary/Brother/Cousin/Gare Bear/Crow/Dad/Papa/other-nicknames-not-fit-to-print and definitely don’t call him Shirley, you finished the 18th hole and are heading to the big clubhouse in the sky where everybody knows your name.

A visitation will be held on Saturday June 6, 2026 from 3:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. in Finch Funeral Home, 405 East Hitt, Mt. Morris, IL.

In lieu of flowers, please send a memorial donation in his name to Sunset Golf Course in Mount Morris, Il.