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...morning on jan. 11, eyre Peninsula farmer Leith Holman was getting ready for a rest. After racing back from a beach fishing trip the previous afternoon when he saw smoke on the horizon, Holman had spent much of the night helping other volunteer firefighters and neighbors save two farms from a bushfire that had finally seemed under control. "They were about to crack a beer," says Holman's wife Claire. "They thought we were safe." But then the wind changed - and with it the fortunes of the rural communities and farms of the lower peninsula, a sheep and grain district...
...It’s not that he was a talkative person, he was an inquisitive person,” said Edward Childs, a cook in Adams House who worked with Holman for more than two decades...
...Holman, who lived with his family in Roxbury, was also committed to improving his neighborhood...
...plans have been finalized to commemorate Holman within the Adams community, but Bruno and Seley hope that whatever is picked will involve community service...
...past few years, Holman had enrolled in a literacy program run through Harvard, and was scheduled to participate in Adams Drag Night. He leaves behind a wife, a daughter, two sons, and several grandchildren...