Olive M. Holcomb

Olive Holcomb Margaret Olive Davis Holcomb, born August 2, 1917 in Irondale, Ohio, was the seventh of ten children born to Alonzo and Margaret Belle Bailey Davis. She passed away December 15, 2009. Olive was a beloved wife, mother and neighbor, as well as leader in her church and community. Olive came to Vancouver as the wife of Dorman Wayne Holcomb, to whom she was married to on September 21, 1940 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Olive and Dorman were an integral part of a close-knit neighborhood on 54th Avenue where they hosted an annual Fourth of July breakfast. The Holcombs danced, played cards, gardened and traveled extensively. Olive was known for her delicious pies. The mother or Dorman Ladd, Ward and Sharon, Olive served as a Cub Scout leader and as PTA President at Peter S. Ogden Elementary. She was an active member of Vancouver's First Presbyterian Church where she taught Sunday School, initially at the church's location on Evergreen Blvd then later at the current Main Street location. She also served as Sunday School Director, Deacon, and was an active member of the Presbyterian Women. Olive loved to paint and was a member of the Society of Washington Artists and the Clark County Fine Arts Group. Olive was preceded in death by her husband, Dorman on November 26, 1987 and by her sisters, Erla "Peggy" Johnson, Opal Romick, Ina May Nicholson, and brothers William, Charles, Alonzo Raymond "Toot", and Gerald "Dutch" Davis. She is survived by two sons and a daughter; Dorman Ladd Holcomb and his wife Sue of Vancouver, Ward Holcomb and his wife Cassy of Battle Ground, and Sharon Holcomb and her husband Fred Farnell of San Antonio, Texas. Grandchildren are Ty, Land and Michael Holcomb, Rebecca Wuethrich, and Matthew, Patrick and Ariane Farnell. Great-Grandchildren are Emily, Katalina, Joshua, Tanner, Alexander and Zander Holcomb. Olive is also survived by two of her sisters, Gloria Gill of Hammondsville, Ohio and Shirley VanderJagt of Cadillac, Michigan. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 3:00PM at First Presbyterian Church, 4300 Main Street, Vancouver, WA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Pleasant Valley Middle School, 14320 NE 50th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98686

Olive M. Holcomb

August 2, 1917 - December 15, 2009