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Holoubek was a cardiologist and a clinical professor of medicine. The Shreveport Medical Society elected him chairman to pursue the establishment of LSU Medical Center. Upon his retirement, he was named professor emeritus. In 2006, the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport endowed the Holoubek Professorship in Medicine. The center conducts the annual Holoubek lecture series delivered by a physician who specializes in internal medicine.<ref name=obit/>

Holoubek was a cardiologist and a clinical professor of medicine. The Shreveport Medical Society elected him chairman to pursue the establishment of LSU Medical Center. Upon his retirement, he was named professor emeritus. In 2006, the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport endowed the Holoubek Professorship in Medicine. The center conducts the annual Holoubek lecture series delivered by a physician who specializes in internal medicine.<ref name=obit/>

An active [[Roman Catholic]], Holoubek was named by the pope as Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great and Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of [[Jerusalem]]. He was a founding  member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Shreveport. He was a member of the Catholic Academy of Sciences.  In 2004, he published a [[gospel]]-based novel entitled, ''Letters to Luke: From His Fellow Physician Joseph of Capernaum.'' The novel won the Writers Digest Award for Inspirational Literature and the Independent Publishers Award for Religious Fiction. He wrote nearly fifty articles, book chapters, and books on a wide variety of topics, including cardiology, medical ethics, and health care of the religious and clergy. He and his wife spent a half-century studying the physical sufferings of [[Jesus Christ]] during the [[crucifixion]]. The couple presented more than three hundred one-hour mediations on the subject. <ref name=obit/>

An active [[Roman Catholic]], Holoubek was named by the pope as Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great and Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of [[Jerusalem]]. He was a founding  member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Shreveport. He was a member of the Catholic Academy of Sciences.  In 2004, he published a [[gospel]]-based novel entitled, ''Letters to Luke: From His Fellow Physician Joseph of Capernaum.'' The novel won the Writers Digest Award for Inspirational Literature and the Independent Publishers Award for Religious Fiction. He wrote nearly fifty articles, book chapters, and books on a wide variety of topics, including cardiology, medical ethics, and health care of the religious and clergy. He and his wife spent a half-century studying the physical sufferings of [[Jesus Christ]] during the [[crucifixion]]. The couple presented more than three hundred one-hour mediations on the subject.<ref name=obit/>

Holobek served on the board of the American Heart Association, was the president of the Louisiana Heart Society and president of the National Federation of Catholic Physicians Guilds. He was associate editor of the ''Linacre Quarterly,'' the official publication of the Catholic Medical Association. In his later years, he was a delegate to the Task Force on Aging of the Catholic Diocese of Shreveport and a delegate to the Committee on Aging of the Louisiana Interfaith Conference. He received distinguished service awards from the Shreveport Medical Society, the National Federation of Catholic Physicians Guilds, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology. He also worked to obtain staffing privileges at Shreveport-area hosdpitals for [[African-American]] physicians.<ref name=obit/>

Holobek served on the board of the American Heart Association, was the president of the Louisiana Heart Society and president of the National Federation of Catholic Physicians Guilds. He was associate editor of the ''Linacre Quarterly,'' the official publication of the Catholic Medical Association. In his later years, he was a delegate to the Task Force on Aging of the Catholic Diocese of Shreveport and a delegate to the Committee on Aging of the Louisiana Interfaith Conference. He received distinguished service awards from the Shreveport Medical Society, the National Federation of Catholic Physicians Guilds, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology. He also worked to obtain staffing privileges at Shreveport-area hosdpitals for [[African-American]] physicians.<ref name=obit/>

==Death and family==

==Death and family==

Two years after the passing of his wife, Joe Holoubek died in a Shreveport hospital at the age of ninety-one. The couple is interred at  

Two years after the passing of his wife, Joe Holoubek died in a Shreveport hospital at the age of ninety-one. The couple is interred at  

Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/> The Holoubeks had two sons, Brian Baker Holoubek, Sr. (1945-2017), a farmer in Kingston in DeSoto Parish<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175117690/brian-baker-holoubek|title=Brian Baker Holoubek, Sr. obituary|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 14, 2019}}</ref>, and Robert Joseph "Bob" Holoubek (born June 18, 1948), a staff pharmacist at the Overton Brooks Veterans Medical Center in Shrevepo rt, and two daughters, Mary Jo O'Rear (born 1943) of [[Corpus Christi]], [[Texas]], who was employed by South Texas Community College,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Mary-H-O'rear/Corpus%20Christi-TX|title=Mary Jo O'Rear|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=April 14, 2019}}</ref> and Martha H. Fitzgerald (born August 22, 1951), the wife of Thomas Patrick Fitzgerald, III, of Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>  

Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/> The Holoubeks had two sons, Brian Baker Holoubek, Sr. (1945-2017), a farmer in Kingston in DeSoto Parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175117690/brian-baker-holoubek|title=Brian Baker Holoubek, Sr. obituary|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 14, 2019}}</ref> and Robert Joseph "Bob" Holoubek (born June 18, 1948), a staff pharmacist at the Overton Brooks Veterans Medical Center in Shrevepo rt, and two daughters, Mary Jo O'Rear (born 1943) of [[Corpus Christi]], [[Texas]], who was employed by South Texas Community College,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Mary-H-O'rear/Corpus%20Christi-TX|title=Mary Jo O'Rear|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=April 14, 2019}}</ref> and Martha H. Fitzgerald (born August 22, 1951), the wife of Thomas Patrick Fitzgerald, III, of Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>  

A former columnist for ''The Shreveport Times'', Martha Fitzgerald wrote a book in 2012 about her parents, ''The Courtship of Two Doctors: A  1930s Love Story of Letters, Hope & Healing,'' published by her Little Dove Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marthafitzgerald.com/books/

A former columnist for ''The Shreveport Times'', Martha Fitzgerald wrote a book in 2012 about her parents, ''The Courtship of Two Doctors: A  1930s Love Story of Letters, Hope & Healing,'' published by her Little Dove Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marthafitzgerald.com/books/