Ruth Whitcomb, 94, of Kincaid died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility, Garnett.
She was born on March 31, 1917, in Kincaid, to James and Lena (McCabe) Main. Ruth graduated from Lone Elm High School in 1934.
On Sept. 27, 1934, she married Charles Melvin Whitcomb in Iola.
She was a homemaker and enjoyed making cookies, crocheting and quilting. Ruth also loved her garden and canning and fishing and swimming with her family.
As a young girl and into adulthood Ruth attended the First Baptist Church, Kincaid. She later attended the Hope Chapel Assembly of God, Bronson. She most recently attended the Covenant of Faith Christian Center, Iola. She especially loved to read from the Bible and share the Lord with her grandchildren.
She is survived by four sons, Donald and his wife, Wanda, Centerville, Charles Robert “C.R.” and his wife, Susan, David and his wife, Carolyn, and Wayne and his wife, Susie, Kincaid; two daughters, Phyllis Jackson and her husband, Darrell, Mound City, and Cheryl Moore and her husband, Rick, Kincaid; 22 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and a host of other family members and friends.
Ruth was preceded in death by her husband in 1970, an infant son, Melvin Dwayne, two daughters, Sandra Ruth in 1956 and Debra Kay Stewart in 2006, two brothers, Clarence and Ralph Main, and two sisters, Helen Burris and Wilma Whitcomb.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Kincaid Selma United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Osage Cemetery.
She will lie in state after noon on Sunday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday evening.
Memorials to the Kincaid Fair Association may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.
Ruth Whitcomb
