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Merle Devona <I>Webb</I> Holcomb

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Merle Devona Webb Holcomb

Birth
Valley County, Nebraska, USA
Death
7 May 2000 (aged 94)
Ord, Valley County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Arcadia, Valley County, Nebraska, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.4237342, Longitude: -99.1169787
Plot
Sect 4, Row 3
Memorial ID
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Daughter of William & Martha (Taylor) Webb.
She attended Arcadia Public Schools.

On Oct. 2, 1926, she married Raymond Holcomb. During her lifetime she was first wife, mother and grandmother but she also had many other occupations as farmer and trucker with her husband. She also was a dress shop manager, hotel manager, Legion Club manager and Red Cross Chairman.

Mr. Holcomb died Dec. 28, 1978. In 1980 Mrs. Holcomb moved to the Hawthorne Manor.

In 1976 she was awarded the Golden Citizenship Award. She enjoyed working on the Park Committee, crocheting, sewing, crafts, making Afghans and flower gardens.

Survivors include two daughters, Shirley (Mrs. Edwin) Hruby of Scappoose, Ore., and Shayrell (Mrs. Gene) Cox of Arcadia; two sons, Douglas of Arcadia and Boyd of Pontotoc, Miss.; 29 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Von Lea Holcomb, two brothers, Everett and Jim Webb and three sisters, Mona Jones, Nellie Brown and
Opal King Harrison.
Daughter of William & Martha (Taylor) Webb.
She attended Arcadia Public Schools.

On Oct. 2, 1926, she married Raymond Holcomb. During her lifetime she was first wife, mother and grandmother but she also had many other occupations as farmer and trucker with her husband. She also was a dress shop manager, hotel manager, Legion Club manager and Red Cross Chairman.

Mr. Holcomb died Dec. 28, 1978. In 1980 Mrs. Holcomb moved to the Hawthorne Manor.

In 1976 she was awarded the Golden Citizenship Award. She enjoyed working on the Park Committee, crocheting, sewing, crafts, making Afghans and flower gardens.

Survivors include two daughters, Shirley (Mrs. Edwin) Hruby of Scappoose, Ore., and Shayrell (Mrs. Gene) Cox of Arcadia; two sons, Douglas of Arcadia and Boyd of Pontotoc, Miss.; 29 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Von Lea Holcomb, two brothers, Everett and Jim Webb and three sisters, Mona Jones, Nellie Brown and
Opal King Harrison.


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  • Created by: Don
  • Added: Jan 6, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12909657/merle_devona-holcomb: accessed ), memorial page for Merle Devona Webb Holcomb (16 Jan 1906–7 May 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12909657, citing Arcadia Cemetery, Arcadia, Valley County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Don (contributor 46558676).