August 4, 1996

RALPH HOLCOMB

Ralph W. Holcomb, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 2, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 28, 1912, in Cape Girardeau County, son of John Thomas and Martha Jane Hopper Holcomb. Holcomb was a graduate of College High School in Cape Girardeau and had worked as a dairy farmer with his father in Cape Girardeau County. He had lived at the Lutheran Home for several years. Holcomb was a member of the Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church...

Ralph W. Holcomb, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 2, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born Jan. 28, 1912, in Cape Girardeau County, son of John Thomas and Martha Jane Hopper Holcomb.

Holcomb was a graduate of College High School in Cape Girardeau and had worked as a dairy farmer with his father in Cape Girardeau County. He had lived at the Lutheran Home for several years. Holcomb was a member of the Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church.

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Survivors include a brother, Orville Holcomb of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Genevieve Townswick of Omaha, Neb.; five nephews; and four nieces.

He was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home.

Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Sprigg Street Chapel, with the Rev. David Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Hobbs Chapel Cemetery.

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