Born near Genoa, Illinois on June 14, 1851, he was the son of Aramont Noble and Parmella Hollembeak, natives of New York and Pennsylvania who had migrated to DeKalb County, Illinois in the late 1830s. A two term town supervisor of Genoa, Illinois, Aramont N. Hollembeak bestowed the names “Ruluff White” upon his fifth born child, being in honor of his father, Ruloff White Hollembeak, a native of Vermont who died in Pennsylvania in 1829. One should note that there are two different spellings of Hollembeak’s first name, being given as both “Ruloff” and “Ruluff” (the latter being listed in his Iowa legislative biography, as well as his gravestone.) Little is known of Hollembeak’s early years in Illinois. He married in Genoa on December 16, 1874 to Emma Brown (1851-1915), with whom he would have two sons. Around 1876 Hollembeak and his wife removed from Illinois to Iowa, eventually settling in Walnut township in Adair County. For a good majority of his life he worked at farming and owned a large herd of Hereford cattle. Mr. Hollembeak first entered political life in 1903, when he became a Republican candidate for the Iowa State House of Representatives. On election day that year he notched up a victory over his Democratic opponent J.G. Powers, 2,011 votes to 1,148. Taking his seat at the start of the 1904-06 term, he proved to be busy as a first term legislator, serving on the house committees on Agriculture, Appropriations, County and Township organization, Insurance, Normal Schools, Public Libraries and Representative districts. He also chaired the committee on Horticulture during this session. Following his second term Hollembeak was defeated for reelection by Edwin J. Sidey. In 1908, he served as part of the Adair County delegation to the Iowa State Republican Convention. In 1901, Mr. Hollembeak suffered the loss of his eldest son Ralph, who died aged 24. On February 27, 1911, he himself died in tragic circumstances when he was struck and killed by a “Rock Island train” whilst crossing the tracks at Casey, Iowa. He was recorded as “driving” (presumably a horse and buggy) at the time of the accident, and was killed instantly. Mr. Hollembeak was interred at the Oakwood Cemetery in Casey, Iowa.

Born near Genoa, Illinois on June 14, 1851, he was the son of Aramont Noble and Parmella Hollembeak, natives of New York and Pennsylvania who had migrated to DeKalb County, Illinois in the late 1830s. A two term town supervisor of Genoa, Illinois, Aramont N. Hollembeak bestowed the names “Ruluff White” upon his fifth born child, being in honor of his father, Ruloff White Hollembeak, a native of Vermont who died in Pennsylvania in 1829. One should note that there are two different spellings of Hollembeak’s first name, being given as both “Ruloff” and “Ruluff” (the latter being listed in his Iowa legislative biography, as well as his gravestone.) Little is known of Hollembeak’s early years in Illinois. He married in Genoa on December 16, 1874 to Emma Brown (1851-1915), with whom he would have two sons. Around 1876 Hollembeak and his wife removed from Illinois to Iowa, eventually settling in Walnut township in Adair County. For a good majority of his life he worked at farming and owned a large herd of Hereford cattle. Mr. Hollembeak first entered political life in 1903, when he became a Republican candidate for the Iowa State House of Representatives. On election day that year he notched up a victory over his Democratic opponent J.G. Powers, 2,011 votes to 1,148. Taking his seat at the start of the 1904-06 term, he proved to be busy as a first term legislator, serving on the house committees on Agriculture, Appropriations, County and Township organization, Insurance, Normal Schools, Public Libraries and Representative districts. He also chaired the committee on Horticulture during this session. Following his second term Hollembeak was defeated for reelection by Edwin J. Sidey. In 1908, he served as part of the Adair County delegation to the Iowa State Republican Convention. In 1901, Mr. Hollembeak suffered the loss of his eldest son Ralph, who died aged 24. On February 27, 1911 he himself died in tragic circumstances when he was struck and killed by a “Rock Island train” whilst crossing the tracks at Casey, Iowa. He was recorded as “driving” (presumably a horse and buggy) at the time of the accident, and was killed instantly. Mr. Hollembeak was interred at the Oakwood Cemetery in Casey, Iowa.