Edward Junior Holcomb, Junior

The service for Edward Junior Holcomb will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home Chapel. Rev Don Tines will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Edward left this world Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at the age of 83 years and 8 months. He was living in Lahoma, Okla. He was born to Edward Clarence and Viola Grace (Tucker) Holcomb on April 14, 1926, in Fort Wayne, Ind. He married Mona Luceil Vail Dec. 4, 1945, in Morganfield, Ky. He was in the U.S. Navy from Jan. 12, 1944, until May 8, 1946, during WWII. He received the Purple Heart for wounds received in the southwest Pacific area on Feb. 16, 1945. He has had a variety of careers during his life. He has been a painter, a type setter, a cab driver, a driller in the oil fields of Oklahoma and Texas, an auto body repairman, a carpenter and he retired as a custodian for Lahoma Public Schools. He was named Lahoma Citizen of the Year in 2007 by the Lahoma Lions Club. After his retirement, he repaired mowers and bicycles. He donated many bicycles to the Salvation Army and different organizations for children at Christmas, and he gave away bicycles to children and adults who came to his home asking for them. He was very talented and did paintings, wood carving, made furniture, model drilling rigs, cars, tractors, trucks, and trains. He is survived by five children, Garry and Susan Holcomb, Ann Archer, Deborah Swinford of Enid, Edward Allen Holcomb and companion, Patsy Hughes of Lahoma, and Gayla Taggart of Texas; two sisters, Betty Thomas of Lahoma, and Bonnie and Bob Roe; one brother, Bob and Ruth Holcomb; six sisters-in-law, Wanda Brinkley, Phyllis Vail, Jane Holcomb, Rajean and Hunter Connell, Floretta and Jerry Hilderbrand and Pauline Holcomb, all of Illinois; one brother-in-law, Wiley and Virginia Vail of Enid; 12 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Three of his grandchildren are in the service of our country at this time: Staff Sgt. Edward Christopher Holcomb is in Afghanistan, Tech Sgt. Angela Dawne Archer is a nurse at the Pentagon and Tech Sgt. Matthew Norance Holcomb is an aircraft mechanic in Florida. He was preceded in death by his wife, Luceil; his parents; three brothers; two sisters; six sisters-in-law; and seven brothers-in-law. Memorials may be made to Hospice Circle of Love with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at ladusauevans@suddenlink . Inscription: Parents of Garry, Ann, Deborah, Edward and Gayla

Note: Shared stone with Mona Luceil (Vail) Holcomb - Married Dec. 4, 1945 -US Navy WWII - Buried in Resurrection Memories