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Chief William F. Holohan Jr.

Chief William F. Holohan Jr., BPD Retired, of East Haven, formerly a 41-year resident of Branford, died on Dec. 17, 2023, at CT Hospice after a short illness. He was the husband of 56 years to the late Rachel Brooks Holohan.

He was born in New Haven on March 16, 1930, son of the late New Haven Police Department Captain of Detectives William F. and Veronica Marks Holohan Sr. He was the father of Kathleen H. (Matthew) Sanchez of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, Lt. William F. (Felicia) Holohan III, YPD Retired of Branford, Thomas B. (Diane) Holohan of Waterford, and Michael J. (Nadine) Holohan of Amesbury, Massachusetts.; grandfather of Bennett, Bryce (Alexa) and William F. IV (Jessica) Holohan, Brianna (Brian) Dwyer and Samantha (Nicholas) Nicolaides; great-grandfather of Maddox Ray Holohan, Griffin Michael Dwyer and Theodore Kieri Nicolaides. He was predeceased by his sisters, Rita H. (the late Desmond) Kearney of Madison and Carol H. (the late Robert) Milmoe of West Haven.

He served in the US Navy from 1948 to 1952 at Anacostia Naval Air Station and aboard the USS Shangri-La (CV38). He retired after 19 years of service in the New Haven Police Department, having risen to the rank of deputy chief inspector. He then went on to a 25-year career in the Branford Police Department, where he served as the chief of police. He was a member of the American Legion Post 83 in Branford and was a past president of the New Haven Police Legionnaires. He was also a past president and life member of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and a director and life member of the New England Association of Chiefs of Police. He was an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Branford, where he was an usher and a member of the Vestry.

Bill and Rachel loved traveling and had visited many US states and Canadian provinces and cruised the Caribbean, but their favorite was an annual trip to Fort Myers, Florida.

Relatives and friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 21, at the W. S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home, 244 North Main Street, Branford, and are invited to a funeral service Friday morning at 11 am at Trinity Episcopal Church in Branford. Burial will be private as he rejoins Rachel. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to CT Hospice, 100 Double Beach Road, Branford, CT 06405.