Wilma J. Holcomb June 21, 1912 - July 13, 2005

Wilma J. Holcomb, 93, of Wyaconda, Mo., died Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at her home.

      The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, July 18, 2005, at the Vigen Memorial Home in Kahoka, Mo., with Brother Dartly Eskew officiating. Burial will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in rural Kahoka. Visitation will begin after 4 p.m. Sunday, July 17 at the funeral home, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to the family in care of Maxine Kellum.

Survivors include two daughters, Margaret Shepiro of Mountlake Terrace, Wash., and Maxine Kellum of Wyaconda, Mo.; three sons, Merle Kreiss of Keokuk, Ronald Farman of Captain Cook, Hawaii, David Farman of Tustin, Calif.; four stepsons; four stepdaughters, 18 grandchildren, 104 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren.

      In addition to her third husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Joe Kreiss; two grandchildren, a great-grandson, and a great-great-grandson; and seven brothers, Clifton, Ivan, Alfred, Elmer, Virgil, Lewis and Kenneth Hodges.