Peter Holm

Born in Oslo, Norway on February 15, 1942

Departed on April 24, 2017 and resided in Nashville, Tennessee

Peter Holm was born in Oslo, Norway on February 15, 1942.
Pete came to the United States when he was 11 years old and grew up in West Palm Beach, FL. He served in the US Army for 8 years and retired with the rank of Staff Sargent E6. During this time, he served 2 tours in Viet Nam. From April 1965 to April 1966 he was with the 114th Aviation Battalion in Ving Long in the Cobra gun platoon. He was the crew chief/gunner on the Cobra 8 helicopter. While there, he received 17 air medals, one "V" Cluster for valor while in arial combat and the Bronze Star. His second tour was from April 1967 to April 1968 where he served with the 101st Brigade Headquarters Aviation section as a Platoon Sargent and was awarded the Army Accreditation Medal. When Pete returned from his second tour in Viet Nam, he married his wife Mary then served his final 6 months with the Army in Ft Campbell, NC. Lockheed in Marietta, GA was hiring then so began working the Flight Line on the C5A aircraft. When Lockheed completed the project in 1971, Pete moved back to West Palm Beach, realized how much he missed the helicopters and eventually began working for World Aviation. In 1974 they expanded to Nashville, TN and Pete became the VP of Maintenance for Aviation Services. From there he began working at Avco once again on the C5A and B1 Bombers. From there he went to work for Nashville Eagle which later became American Eagle then Corporate Express and Corporate Flight Management which later became Regions Air as Chief Inspector and Director of Quality Assurance. Pete retired from aviation in 2007.
On April 24th, the Lord called and Pete passed peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He is Preceded in death by his parents, Randi and Helge Holm and his sister "Muffy" Fertitta. Left to share his memories are his wife of 49 years Mary Holm, his daughters Sherrie (Brett) Hill and Becky (Woody) Ratterman, his grand-children Palmer Hill, Zack Hill, Christian Ratterman and Anna Ratterman and his 2 sisters Randi (Tim) Smith and Toni Fertitta.
Visitation Service will be held on Friday, April 28 from 5 - 7pm with the Rosary beginning at 7 at Harpeth Hills Funeral Home, 9090 Hwy 100, Nashville, TN 37221. Funeral Mass will be held at St Matthew's Catholic Church 533 Sneed Rd W Franklin, TN 37069 on Saturday April 29 at 11 am with the burial immediately following at Harpeth Hills.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Salvation Army or the Tuition Assistance fund at St Matthews Catholic School in Franklin, TN.