Chad Robert Holmstrom

Chad Robert Holmstrom left us suddenly Friday afternoon, July 21, 2017, walking up the stairs to his home in Port O’Connor, Texas as if stepping into his new home in Heaven.

Chad graduated from Taylor High School in 1988 and then attended Southwest Texas State University. He worked for Academy for 12 years before starting his own importing business. He grew his business and branched into manufacturing barbeque pits (Old Country BBQ Pits) and even buying and remodeling vacation homes along the Texas coast. He provided barbeque pits all over central Texas.

Chad’s love for life included everything from his passion for fishing, hunting, barbecuing and watching the Longhorns, to his passion for his work. He always rose early in the morning so he could start building something. His mind and his hands were always busy either in a flowerbed, landscaping, building a planter, deck, fence, house, business or his legacy. But his greatest build was built with his heart; his deep bonds of love with his family, his friends and his dogs.

Chad will be missed by all of us but we can take comfort in knowing he is reunited with this brother Stan and his loving “Popa”, TW.

Left cherishing his memories are his mother Lillian Holmstrom, brother Trent Holmstrom and wife Gayle, sister Terrie Holmstrom and husband David Gomez, nieces and nephews Jayme Holmstrom Delgado and husband Mark, Shelly Holmstrom, Lance Holmstrom, Torry Harrison and wife Amy, and 4 great nieces.

Funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at Providence Funeral Home.