Ken Holford

Ken Holford was born in Peoria in 1940, and his family moved to Sunnyland in 1946.  He attended Beverly Manor grade school and graduated from Washington Community High School in 1959.  Ken graduated from Eureka College in 1963 and earned his master’s degree in educational administration from Bradley University in 1967. He began his career in District 50, teaching for 5 years there before moving to Central School District, where he was principal for 2 years and superintendent for 28 years. He enjoyed working with Ken Prater. Mr. Holford retired in 1989.  He and his wife, Mary Jo, are the parents of Jill, an educator at East Peoria Junior High (Dist. 86), and Chris, a dean at Purdue Northwest in Indiana.