Alice Faye Holcomb, 72, of Holton, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in Topeka.

She was born June 30, 1948 in Madisonville, KY the daughter of Brank and Gracie Pearl (Gates) Duvall.  Alice graduated from Earlington High School in Earlington, KY then attended Cosmetology College.  Later she went to nursing school and obtained her LPN.  She had worked as a cosmetologist in Kentucky and later an ER nurse also in Kentucky and North Carolina.  When she moved to Holton in 1994, she helped to establish the Cardiac Rehab Clinic at Holton Community Hospital.  She also had worked for Hallmark Cards in both Topeka and Lawrence from where she retired.

Alice was a member of a Baptist Church in Traphill, NC, a former member of the American Legion Auxiliary, #44 Mary L. Blair and was a charter member of the American Legion Riders Post 44.

On April 5, 1985 Alice married Michael C. Holcomb in Dawson Springs, KY.  He survives of the home.  Other survivors include: her children, Shane Duncan (Joy) of Topeka, KS, Clinton Duncan of Holton, KS, Jason Duncan (Marti) of Morton’s Gap, KY and Ashley Boyle of Hiawatha, KS; her sister, Shirley Oldham of Dawson Springs, KY; her brother, Jerry Duvall (Claudia) of Earlington, KY; her grandchildren, Tyler, Tosha, Chandler and Kendall Duncan, Ian Lee, and Katie and Jensen Boyle; and her great-grandchild, Tylin Martin. 

A celebration of Alice’s life will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 16, 2020 at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton.  Memorials are suggested to The Alice Holcomb Memorial Fund, to be designated later, and may be sent c/o Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436. To leave a special message for the family, visit www.mercerfuneralhomes.com