Dr. Brantley Holt Jr.

died peacefully at home on January 9, 2012 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Seattle on January 31, 1919. Brantley graduated from Ellensburg High School and went on to Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, graduating with his M.D. in 1943. Brantley served in the Navy during WWII. He moved to Seattle in 1952 and went into private surgical practice until 1986, when he retired to Bainbridge Island.Brantley was preceded in death by his first wife Theodora Wolcott and his second wife, Anne Corbet Clark. He is survived by his children Brantley Holt III (Bonnie), Wolcott Holt (Elizabeth), Hillary Holt (Ruth), and his step-children Corbet Clark (Myra), Lucy Snow (Shira), Trip Clark (Barbara), Bruce Clark (Paige), and Tom Clark (Kate), sixteen grandchildren, and fifteen great grandchildren. The family wishes to thank Karen Tardiff for her loving support and care of Brantley over the last nine years, and his close friend Kate Webster.An event celebrating his life will be held in March. The family wishes that any remembrances be made to Helpline House of Bainbridge Island. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.