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Sara Holcomb Essig

Birth	:	13 Oct 1904 Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA
Death	:	29 Jan 2004 Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Miltonville Cemetery, Miltonville, Butler County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.4994011, -84.4649963
Description	:	Sara (Holcomb) Essig, 99, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004, with the same quiet grace and dignity by which she lived. She was born in 1904 in Rockcastle County, Ky., to James W. and Nancy Willis Holcomb. While she was very young, her family came to the Butler County area to secure the benefits and privileges of a good education. She attended the Kenworthy School at West Elkton and graduated from Gratis High School in 1922. She received teacher training at Manchester College, Ind. She taught at the Central City and Silver Grove Schools in Kentucky from 1926 until 1935. She... Read More	Sara (Holcomb) Essig, 99, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004, with the same quiet grace and dignity by which she lived. She was born in 1904 in Rockcastle County, Ky., to James W. and Nancy Willis Holcomb. While she was very young, her family came to the Butler County area to secure the benefits and privileges of a good education. She attended the Kenworthy School at West Elkton and graduated from Gratis High School in 1922. She received teacher training at Manchester College, Ind. She taught at the Central City and Silver Grove Schools in Kentucky from 1926 until 1935. She married Chalmers Essig of Gratis, Ohio, in 1935. Having moved from the Camden area in 1939, she lived more than 60 years in the Middletown area. She was an accomplished homemaker and enjoyed traveling. She was a prodigious reader and avid gardener, paying close attention to her roses. He long life was blessed with exceptionally good health which enabled her to keep a lovely home and live independently. Always the teacher, she never missed a chance to instruct. She shared many of her fascinating life experiences in such a way as to be envied. Her youth was spent in the closing days of a bygone era when the pace of daily living was measured by the horse-drawn buggy, putting food by the wood stove, kerosene lamps and one-room schools. Her entire life was ruled by the old fashioned precepts of honesty, fairness, frugality and industriousness. Sara was preceded in death by her husband, Chalmers Essig, and twin infant sons; also by her sister, Mayme Holcomb Bicknell; half sister, Stella Johnson Poff; brother James B. Holcomb; nephew John F. Holcomb; great-niece, Ann M. Smith; and great-nephew, Peter Baldwin. She is survived by nieces Mary Sue Holcomb Smith of Rocky Mount, N.C., Rachel Holcomb Davidson of Austin, Texas, and Nancy Holcomb Baldwin of Annandale, Va.; and nephews Tom Holcomb of Hamilton, Ohio, and Ken Poff of Middletown, Ohio. Additionally, she also leaves great-nieces Emily Holcomb and Laura Holcomb of Hamilton, Mary Ann Goins of Fairfield, Ohio, Stacey Davidson Gall of Columbus, Ohio, Elizabeth Baldwin Weedock of Redmond, Wash., Catherine Smith Kibbe of Bluffton, S.C., Rebecca Smith of Rocky Mount, N.C., Amy Poff Schenck of West Middletown, Ohio, and Ginger Poff McLelland of Cincinnati, Ohio. The surviving great-nephews are Steven Poff of Middletown, John M. Holcomb, Andrew Holcomb, Jeffery Holcomb and James W. Holcomb, all of Hamilton, Ohio, Mike Davidson of Round Rock, Texas, Tim Smith of Rocky Mount, N.C., and Mark Baldwin of Arcadia, Fla. Also left behind is her especially kind friend, Beverly Weybright of West Middletown, Ohio. The family wishes to thank the staff of Willow Knoll Nursing facility and Middletown Regional Hospital for their care and compassion. MEMORIALS: The family respectfully suggests that memorials be given to appropriate charities. ARRANGEMENTS: Visitation will be at Baker-Stevens Funeral Home, 1500 Manchester Ave., Middletown, Ohio, Monday, Feb. 2, from noon to 2 p.m. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Burial will follow immediately at the Miltonville Cemetery.

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Sara Holcomb Essig's memorial is located at: Miltonville Cemetery, Miltonville, Butler County, USA.
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Sara Holcomb Essig death on 29 Jan 2004 in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 39.4994011
Longitude: -84.4649963

Family Members:

Parent

Nancy Willis Johnson

(1870 - 1953)

Spouse

Siblings

Mayme Holcomb Bicknell

(1903 - 1988)

James Bailey Holcomb

(1906 - 1985)

Stella Johnson Poff

(1909 - 1997)

Children

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Coordinate: 39.4994011, -84.4649963

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